[Enigmail] sorry for sending encrypted mail, I think i have the hang of it now. please assure me.

[Faramir]

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Jean-David Beyer escribió:
> jshmoe12 at gmail.com wrote:

>>     Also can people decrypt my encrypted emails without having gnupg
>> installed?
> 
> Not really. They could have PGP installed. There can be compatibility issues
> if you are not careful. But you need something and I recommend GPG.

  I suppose he was asking about decrypting the messages without any
OpenPGP program...

>> Can they just install the enigmail addon to thunderbird?
> 
> I do not think so. Unless the install of enigmail automatically obtains
> gnupg. Some package managers may do this for you.

  Enigmail relies on GPG for the encryption/Decryption stuff, so you
need it, either by installing each thing separately or by installing a
"kit". But I don't think there are such "kits".

>> can they use other decryptors to decrypt enigmail mail? I thought I
>> had heard about a firefox addon as well that would add functionality
>> to g-mail. Let me know if this is a rumor.
> 
> I never use Firefox for e-mail. In theory, I suppose it is possible. I do
> not know in practice.

  Yes, there is an addon named FireGPG, if I am not wrong, but it also
needs an installed GPG to do the work... and it doesn't work in a
portable way (you can't carry it on a USB flash memory stick to use in
any computer... unless you are installing it on each computer). I didn't
really like that addon...

>>     Well thank you in advance. I know i sound kinda noobish, but i can
>> assure you I am a very computer literate ubuntu linux using computer
>> networking student. Also if anyone wants to talk about computer
>> security I would enjoy nothing more.

   I am IT student too, but I don't know anything about ubuntu... I try
to "play" with it, but it always defeat me...

Best Regards
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