@Patrick Your work is very much appreciated. Thanks!
Regards, Steve On 5/20/20 9:57 AM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > Aisha Tammy via enigmail-users wrote on 20.05.2020 16:50: >> On 5/20/20 10:23 AM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >>> The Thunderbird developers have released the first beta version of >>> Thunderbird 77 that contains native support for OpenPGP emails. The >>> development has not yet finished; there are still itches and glitches, >>> but the basic functionality of encryption, decryption, signing and >>> verification of emails is there. The functionality is still considered >>> experimental; there are still known issues and white spots. >>> >> I am hoping you are one of the contributors to that. I would feel safer >> knowing something that has been working well is the precursor of a new >> technology. > The implementation has started off from the existing Enigmail code, and > you can still see quite a bit of it. But certain things are obviously > new or different. > > I did not contribute as a developer to what has been implemented/changed > in Thunderbird, but I was a reviewer for most of these changes. > >>> Details are available from the following post: >>> https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/tb-planning/2020-May/007621.html >>> >>> Aligned with this release, I created a first beta version of >>> Enigmail 2.2. Enigmail 2.2 is a special release that serves one single >>> purpose: help users migrate their keys and settings from Enigmail/GnuPG >>> to Thunderbird -- nothing more. >>> >>> If you want to try Enigmail 2.2 Beta 1 along with Thunderbird 77 beta 3, >>> you can install it from here: >>> https://enigmail.net/download/nightly/enigmail-nightly-enigmail-2.2-branch-all.xpi >>> >> Also I hope this doesn't mean that Enigmail is going away anytime soon. >> I have quite a few things that I rely on enigmail for and really love it. > I will continue to support Enigmail for Thunderbird for at least 6 > months after the release of TB 78. Depending on how many users will hold > back upgrading from TB 68, I might also extend that period. Furthermore, > I will continue to develop and maintain Enigmail for Postbox; likely for > several more years. > > -Patrick > > > > _______________________________________________ > enigmail-users mailing list > enigmail-users@enigmail.net > To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: > https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
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