[Enigmail] settings

[Alexander Dahl]

Hi Barry,

> can you help me with what settings etc i should have i'm using 
> thunderbird mail client and OpenPGP  v1.4.9 and what do i have to do to 
> stop the entire public key being in a message as i really don't have a 
> clue to what has to be set

Go to: Tools --> Account Settings...

Or rightclick on an account in the left side bar.

You'll see the account settings window with the fields »Account Name«,
»Your Name«, »Email Address« and so forth. You'll also see a checkbox
»Attach this signature« with a field showing the path to a file on your
local hard disk. This file should contain up to four lines of text with
whatever you want to put in your signature, e.g. a quotation you like.
This will be added as text to the text of every mail you write. You
could also leave this completely empty.

This setting has nothing to do with Enigmail, mail encryption and
signing at all. DON'T SET YOUR EXPORTED KEY FILE IN THIS FIELD! This
signature is just static plain text and can be added to every mail
regardless whether it's signed by Enigmail or not. It is not _the_ PGP
signature.

This is two times the same word for two very different things. The
signature Enigmail generates to sign a mail is different in every mail
and computed automatically (or by request, depending on your settings)
depending on the content of your mail. This OpenPGP signature is
computed after the whole text including the text signature we talked
about above is finished and you click the »Send« button. Please read an
introduction to PGP, GnuPG or Enigmail. This process should be explained
there.

Note that I send this mail in CC to the enigmail list because I suppose
this topic is of common interest.

Greets
Alex

-- 
'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured,
the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
irrevocably.' (Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie)
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