January 2020 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > What are people using for mail clients on linux? I use emacs in rmail mode. I have a gmail account with address I have never told anyone (tho a couple of people have found it using gmail's spy features). I use the gmail address to send mail to myself, for testing. I run Postfix smtp server on the firewall/server/router Linux machine in my basement. Software, hardware, cables, attitude ... everything is decades obsolete and held together by cobwebs. But it does what the RFC says it MUST. -- Keith

Jan. 28, 2020

Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Joshua Stone

I've had good luck with Evolution as it's the default mail client on Fedora and supports many features like calendering and GPG signing (previously used Thunderbird with the Enigmail extension for GPG). I haven't used Gmail's webmail in years because almost any native client will blow it out of the water in terms of speed, resilience against internet outages, and support for niche features. -Josh On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 10:15 Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Per the conversation regarding pgp, it got me thinking about my "email > flow" > > Currently I'm using gmail in a browser, but I realize that unless I want > to install a 3rd party add-on for chrome I can't really do PGP. > > What are people using for mail clients on linux? > > Later, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

Jan. 28, 2020

Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Tim Keller

Per the conversation regarding pgp, it got me thinking about my "email flow" Currently I'm using gmail in a browser, but I realize that unless I want to install a 3rd party add-on for chrome I can't really do PGP. What are people using for mail clients on linux? Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 28, 2020

Future Meeting idea...Zombie Load Attack

by Tim Keller

I saw that one of the researchers for the https://zombieloadattack.com/ Zombie Load attack is working on a Ph.d at WPI! Would this be something that people might be interested in? If so I'll reach out and see if he'd like to give a talk at WLUG. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 27, 2020

It never ends...

by Tim Keller

https://zombieloadattack.com/ -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 27, 2020

Re: Keysigning party?

by John Stoffel

Tim> The argument for pgp signing your emails is that it makes it Tim> harder for others to spoof your email address. Yes. I understand that aspect. Iwas (poorly) talking more to the usability aspects of PGP signing emails. The tools make it hard and annoying from what I see. Tim> If I send you an email signed with my private key and the public version of my key is a place Tim> where your email client can access it, your email client can validate that the email originated Tim> from me. John> I've never found a personal need for this myself. Tim> Lucky you that you've never had your email address harvested from Tim> a public list and then used to spam lots of people... Well, my personal email is from a server I control with SPF setup properly, so it's harder to fake stuff from em without it automatically getting binned as spam. Which is a good thing. It's not perfect of course...

Jan. 27, 2020

Re: [EXT] Re: Keysigning party?

by Anderson, Charles R

It's also used heavily in FOSS development to verify authenticity of developer communications. On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 02:38:47PM -0500, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > The argument for pgp signing your emails is that it makes it harder for > others to spoof your email address. > > If I send you an email signed with my private key and the public version of > my key is a place where your email client can access it, your email client > can validate that the email originated from me. > > John> I've never found a personal need for this myself. > > Lucky you that you've never had your email address harvested from a public > list and then used to spam lots of people... > > Tim. > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 2:30 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > > > > Tim> That would be a fantastic idea. I think part and parcel with > > Tim> doing the Keysigning should be a presentation on how to > > Tim> actually use the PGP key you've now created... How do you > > Tim> integrate your key into gmail / etc. > > > > All I've ever heard about PGP signing emails is "Don't", even from the > > PGP creator, supposedly. But maybe I'm wrong and someone giving a > > good presentation (any CS classes on security who would be interested > > in joining for this talk?) would be nice. > > > > I've never found a personal need for this myself.

Jan. 27, 2020

Re: Keysigning party?

by Tim Keller

The argument for pgp signing your emails is that it makes it harder for others to spoof your email address. If I send you an email signed with my private key and the public version of my key is a place where your email client can access it, your email client can validate that the email originated from me. John> I've never found a personal need for this myself. Lucky you that you've never had your email address harvested from a public list and then used to spam lots of people... Tim. On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 2:30 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Tim> That would be a fantastic idea. I think part and parcel with > Tim> doing the Keysigning should be a presentation on how to > Tim> actually use the PGP key you've now created... How do you > Tim> integrate your key into gmail / etc. > > All I've ever heard about PGP signing emails is "Don't", even from the > PGP creator, supposedly. But maybe I'm wrong and someone giving a > good presentation (any CS classes on security who would be interested > in joining for this talk?) would be nice. > > I've never found a personal need for this myself. > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 27, 2020

Re: Different topic... Embroidered T-shirts!

by John Stoffel

Tim> I've come into possession of a brother embroidery machine! Very neat! Should be emminently hackable at some point. Can you post more details? What sort of interface does it have? Tim> I'd like to get it working with linux, but I'll just be happy to Tim> start putting WLUG and the tux penguin on a polo shirt! Tim> Hopefully for the Feb. meeting I'll have something! Very cool. Please don't have a meeting 17-21 of Feb week... that's school vacation week!

Jan. 27, 2020

Re: Keysigning party?

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: Tim> That would be a fantastic idea. I think part and parcel with Tim> doing the Keysigning should be a presentation on how to Tim> actually use the PGP key you've now created... How do you Tim> integrate your key into gmail / etc. All I've ever heard about PGP signing emails is "Don't", even from the PGP creator, supposedly. But maybe I'm wrong and someone giving a good presentation (any CS classes on security who would be interested in joining for this talk?) would be nice. I've never found a personal need for this myself.

Jan. 27, 2020