[Enigmail] Enignmail begginner

Olav Seyfarth olav at mozilla-enigmail.org
Sat Dec 27 08:24:36 PST 2008


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Hi Rubén,

> I have not any friend or aquintance who uses Enigmail or
> GPG encryption. So I can't  test it or really use it.

I volunteer for testing :-)

> If the reciever doesn't have enigmail and I send an encrypted
> mail to him, what will happen?

You can't send encrypted mail to a friend that doesn't use OpenPGP
because to do so you would need his/her (public) key to encrypt to.

Below is an example of how an encrypted message body looks like.

> Does it make sense to sign one mail and not encrypt it?

Yes! Everybody can anytime check the integrity of your message and
if he received your public key in a secure way, verify that it was
signed by you. You'll find some stuff on this if you google for
GnuPG trust sign etc. The issue is not software and encryption but
how to link your virtual identity and your person in reality.

Olav
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Comment: Weitere Informationen: http://privat.seyfarth.de/olav/schluessel.html
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

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