Before I download T/bird, I need a qualified opinion re the product.
I have no experience with email client software. I currently have two email accounts: gmail & hushmail premium, and I'm looking to improve my security/privacy. I use a Lenovo T520 laptop exclusively, loaded with Windows 7, Zone Alarm Pro, Firefox/DuckduckGo search, and some other security/privacy add-ons like Adblock plus, Better Privacy, Ghostery etc which all serve me well in the battle for some control. What I need to know is, will Thunderbird give me substantially more privacy and control, so as to warrant the time and effort invovled in the changeover. If all it will do is offer encryption via add-on, I can achieve this where I am. Sincerely, any opinion offered will be appreciated. I am happy to undertake the work to set up T/bird properly, if the benefits are there to be had, paricularly in terms of privacy. Thank you in advance. Sherlock
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What sort of encryption are you looking for?
I don't know if using Thunderbird is any more or any less secure than your current practice. Some users hate to have anything in "the cloud" and use an email client for the express purpose of leaving anything on a server for a short a time as possible.
Most users of Thunderbird do so because they dislike webmail. Webmail is slow, it's prone to ad-hoc design and functionality changes, often you can log into only one account at a time, and if you use multiple providers, you need to learn the quirks of each webmail site. And then there is the advertising and the editorial content; anathema to many of us.
The one situation I would choose to use webmail is on a shared or borrowed computer where I wouldn't want to leave any trace of my messages for others to read.
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What sort of encryption are you looking for?
I don't know if using Thunderbird is any more or any less secure than your current practice. Some users hate to have anything in "the cloud" and use an email client for the express purpose of leaving anything on a server for a short a time as possible.
Most users of Thunderbird do so because they dislike webmail. Webmail is slow, it's prone to ad-hoc design and functionality changes, often you can log into only one account at a time, and if you use multiple providers, you need to learn the quirks of each webmail site. And then there is the advertising and the editorial content; anathema to many of us.
The one situation I would choose to use webmail is on a shared or borrowed computer where I wouldn't want to leave any trace of my messages for others to read.