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I use enigmail because it's an easy way to generate a bit more PGP signed/encrypted traffic, which is a good thing. If it was important, I would probably encry
by Joeboy 12y ago
I use enigmail because it's an easy way to generate a bit more PGP signed/encrypted traffic, which is a good thing.
If it was important, I would probably encrypt on the command line, on a more trustworthy device than my regular PC.
Also, I haven't checked, but I have a suspicion Thunderbird saves unencrypted drafts to the server while you're composing.
- christianmann 12y agoYou should check on that. I'm pretty sure I've seen lots of encrypted drafts on the server after I finish composing an email. I think it's bad at deleting them when it's finished.
- xkarga00 12y agoTrue, Thunderbird is so buggy when it comes to deleting drafts after sending them.
- Joeboy 12y agoOk, with my default-ish settings, it doesn't seem to save drafts at all after I tell it I want the message encrypted. However if I write the message before specifying that I want it encrypted, it gets sent to the server unencrypted. Which kind of makes sense I suppose, but seems like a bit of a usability gotcha.
- x1798DE 12y agoI remember when I first installed it that draft behavior was the default, but there's a config option to have it encrypt drafts before sending them to the server. As others have mentioned, it's pretty bad about deleting them when it's done, though. I think a better option is to just not have it save the drafts to the server at all (another option in the configuration).
- SkyMarshal 12y ago>Also, I haven't checked, but I have a suspicion Thunderbird saves unencrypted drafts to the server while you're composing. Fwiw, I use it regularly, and whenever my session expires and Thunderbird tries to auto-save an encrypted draft, it will require me to reauthenticate. Haven't actually looked at the auto-saved drafts on the server to confirm though.