Re: rfc for notmuch remote access script

Subject: Re: rfc for notmuch remote access script

Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 20:54:05 +0200

To: David Bremner, Tomi Ollila

Cc: Notmuch Mail

From: Jani Nikula


On Sun, 30 Oct 2016, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:
> I'm not using remote access, and I don't really have opinions about the
> best way to do it. I do have 2 concerns about the overall idea
>
> 1. I worry about the maintenance burden of extra code ./configure
> 2. I worry about promoting remote-notmuch for non-experts when the
>    situation with gpg seems quite broken, at least for people not
>    willing to store private key material on the server.

Both are valid concerns, I think especially the second one. And even the
gpg case is not that simple; personally I'd prefer not storing private
key material on the client... ymmv.

BR,
Jani.

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