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Windows Privacy Tools: Manage GnuPG encryption more easily   08/25/2003

I wish I had discovered Windows Privacy Tools (WinPT) while I was writing the five-part tutorial on using email encryption with Mozilla Thunderbird.WinPT works similarly to the GPGshell software which I mentioned in my tutorial, however it is ...

New Series: Email Encryption with Thunderbird and Enigmail   08/24/2003

I have written up a series of five articles on using email encryption with Mozilla Thunderbird and the Enigmail Plugin.Here's an overview: I. A Brief Overview of Email Encryption and Mozilla II.Software Requirements for Sendin ...

V. Sending Encrypted Messages from Thunderbird to Webmail / Other Thunderbird (Part V. of V.)   08/24/2003

You can also send a message from Thunderbird to a Webmail account (or to another Thunderbird user): Compose your message as normal in Thunderbird, but when you are done choose "Encrypt this Message if possible" and "Sign Message" from the Op ...

IV. Sending Encrypted Messages from Webmail to Thunderbird (Part IV. of V.)   08/24/2003

I have a Hotmail account, from which I would like to send encrypted email to my primary email account. Since I cannot send and receive Hotmail using Mozilla Thunderbird, there must be another way to preserve interoperability for th ...

III. Installing All Required Software (Part III. of V.)   08/24/2003

1) Download all the files listed above to a folder on your computer, for example: C:\thunderbird 2) Unzip the contents of the thunderbird-win32.zip file to C:\program files\thunderbird 3) Create a shortcut to C:\program fi ...

II. Software Requirements for Sending Encrypted Email with Mozilla Thunderbird (Part II. of V.)   08/24/2003

As mentioned in the previous article, the Enigmail plugin for Thunderbird works in conjunction with the GnuPG software to send encrypted email. The GnuPG software performs the behind-the-scenes encryption and decryption of email, whereas Th ...

I. A Brief Overview of Email Encryption and Mozilla (Part I. of V. )   08/24/2003

Introducing Mozilla Thunderbird As you may know, the Mozilla Foundation has produced early versions of a stand-alone email product, called Mozilla Thunderbird (hereafter Thunderbird). While Mozilla Thunderbird is availabl ...