[Discuss] GPG encryption and gmail

[Jerry Feldman]

It sends content type text/HTML. We do not accept. HTML  only messages.
Mail.com sends multi-part/alternative which includes a plain text section
and an HTML section that we discard

Sent from Galaxy S6 Android

Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
http://www.blu.org
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66  C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90



On Sep 2, 2016 6:28 PM, <edwardp at linuxmail.org> wrote:

Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 18:36:16 -0400 From: David Rosenstrauch <
> darose at darose.net> To: discuss at blu.org Subject: Re: [Discuss] GPG
> encryption and gmail Message-ID: <ef8ff476-49d3-fb76-4342-ade5e
> fbd33b8 at darose.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8;
> format=flowed On 09/01/2016 06:01 PM, edwardp at linuxmail.org wrote:
>
>> I would not recommend K-9. I found that it would repeatedly hang when
>> trying to connect to either the Comcast or Gmail servers, while using it
>> on multiple mobile networks. And once that occurs, a manual poll of any
>> other account with K-9, would not go through.
>>
>> The only way to fix (?) this, would be do a Force Stop of K-9 each time
>> it hung and relaunch the app.
>>
> I've used k-9 with gmail for years - as well as with my work email (MS
> exchange server) and my home server email (exim/dovecot) - with no
> issues.  Not criticizing, just providing another data point.
>
> DR
>


K-9 worked perfectly a few years back, not known what had changed since
then. But it clearly shouldn't hang the way it does.


I've looked at other e-mail apps and really haven't found one yet that
suits my needs. The one I'm using currently (mail.com), by default, sends
e-mails as text/html, which I learned the BLU list server blocks, if I
understood Jerry correctly.



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