False assumptions in [Re: fetchmailrc and gmail and pop]

[Siggy Brentrup]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 08:44 -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
[big snip]

> 	Well Thunderbird is GUI and that slows it down. I am very old
> and it is fast enough for my taste. Also it works with PGP
> encryption very well

When will it learn to use S/MIME?  Whenever I see old style PGP in an
email body, it's always User-Agent: Thunderbird.  Even my old
fashioned mutt is more up to date and I can use it when connecting via
dialin to my mail server - the only place where I my mail is stored.

> and that is a big plus to me. All my business holdings are using PGP to
> keep Obama's big nose and others out of our business.

Don't be too sure about that, here's a nice reading for you:

  http://www.schneier.com/essay-198.html

> 	So I am happy with Thunderbird, but I did start out with a
> email in a Terminal and procmail. It was educational and I was
> younger.

my-mileage-does-vary-ly yours
  Siggy
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