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Sending & Receiving Encrypted Email with Thunderbird


1

Install Thunderbird 2.0 (an email client)

2

Install GPG 1.4.7 (the program that does the encryption/decryption)

3

Install enigMail 0.95 (a plugin that integrates GPG with Thunderbird)
Start Thunderbird.
Click - Tools - Extensions.
Click on Install then select the enigMail file.
Restart Thunderbird.

4

Setup crypto
Start Thunderbird.
Click OpenPGP - Preferences.
Set GnuPG executable path to C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\gpg.exe. Click OK.
Click OpenPGP - Key Management. Generate - New Key Pair.
Enter a passphrase and Generate Key.

5

Send encrypted email
In Thunderbird, click Write.
Click OpenPGP - Encrypt Message.

 


Websites: Thunderbird | GPG | enigMail


 

Public Keys

Debbie Winkler
Melissa Yoshioka

 

Ryan Garcia
Krissy Garcia

 

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