[Enigmail] New user wanting to test OpenPGP, Enigmail, and Thundermail's signing & encrypting features

[LeRoy Cressy]

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I have been following this thread for quite a while and it is my
impression that Enigmail was created to make using GnuPG easier.  There
are a number of us that have been around for awhile, but we must
remember how we started by creating a key pair and even updating and
creating additional secret keys and adding UID's to the key pair.  A new
user sometimes needs their hands held until they understand the process.
 We should not reprimand the new user who is trying to encrypt their
email, but provide the support to the new user so that they can join our
community.

Enigmail is a user friendly front end to GnuPG and those of us who are
members of the Enigmail community need to welcome the new comer into the
community.

I think that I have said enough :-)

Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Graham wrote:
>> As I understood it, this list is for discussing Enigmail, a front end
>> to GPG, not GPG itself.
> 
> <moderator hat>
> 
> This list is for discussing Enigmail and matters of related interest.
> We recommend that GnuPG discussions move to GnuPG-users, but we do not
> require it.  We recommend it for three main reasons:
> 
>   1.  The GnuPG developers hang out there and your odds of getting
>       an authoritative answer are much better
>   2.  When future users have the same question it's easier to find
>       an answer if they just have to search GnuPG-users, rather
>       than GnuPG-users and a few other mailing lists
>   3.  To show new users that by using Enigmail they are part of a
>       much larger community of GnuPG users
> 
> In an ideal world we would not have people posting test messages to this
> list.  However, every moderator here is a ruthless pragmatist first and
> foremost.  Pragmatically speaking, we understand that many users do not
> join PGP-Basics or PGPNET.  We think this is regrettable, in that those
> forums provide good environments to take their first few steps and get
> their feet wet.
> 
> If the choice is between dealing with the occasional "can someone help
> me test this?" email and making the Enigmail list a cold and hostile
> place for newbies, then we would all rather deal with the occasional
> test email.  The people posting them can be discreetly directed to the
> appropriate fora, and we are fortunate to have a few members of the
> PGP-Basics Encryption Help Team on this mailing list.
> 
> We are looking into ways to reduce the number of "can someone help me
> test this?" emails to the list while still being welcoming and friendly
> to people.  In the meantime, we hope the list will continue to show its
> usual exceptional courtesy to newbies, and extend a warm welcome to any
> of them who are reading this.  :)
> 
> </moderator hat>
> 
> 
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