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enigmail_setup_and_gnupg_keys

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OpenPGP & Enigmail
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/index.php.html

Quick start guide
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/documentation/quickstart.php.html
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/documentation/enigmail-quickstart.pdf

Install GnuPG on local computer
http://www.gnupg.org/ Windows uses version 1.4.11 as of 10 February 2011 - accept default settings
ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32cli-1.4.11.exe

Install right Enigmail package for your system; download .xpi to desktop and then use add-ons in Thunderbird and Seamonkey to install package. http://enigmail.mozdev.org/download/index.php.html (downloaded for thunderbird 3.1 and seamonkey 2.0)

Import local copy of my NOAA key: NWS/Enigmail Keys/ pubring.gpg, secring.pgp

My key passphrase in password safe

Import other people’s keys from http://pgp.mit.edu/

enigmail_setup_and_gnupg_keys.1297356790.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/02/10 11:53 by juckins