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Chapter 8, Desktop Programs
#57 Encrypt Your Email
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Enigmail supports a number of key servers by default:
• wwwkeys.pgp.net
• random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de
• pgp.dtype.org
• keyserver.kjsl.com
• ldap://certserver.pgp.com
Installing Enigmail in Thunderbird
Download copies of the Enigmail and Enigmime modules, for your version
of Thunderbird, from http://enigmail.mozdev.org/download.html. Enigmail
handles the basic encryption and decryption while the Enigmime enables
PGP/MIME-formatted email. (Later versions of the Enigmail plug-in for
Thunderbird move all this into one module.)
From within Thunderbird, select Tools
➝ Extensions and click Install. Now
browse to the Enigmail and Enigmime modules and select them.
You need to close and reopen Thunderbird before Enigmail will work.
Configuring Enigmail
Now that you have Enigmail installed, you just need to configure it. Inside
Thunderbird, select Tools
➝ Account Settings and then select OpenPGP
Security under each account for which you have a key. Then check “Enable
OpenPGP support (Enigmail) for this identity.” You don’t need to change
anything else (unless you want to); the defaults are fine.
Now you can sign your own emails, which is how you can start distributing
your public key to people you correspond with.
To send an encrypted email to someone, that person will need to have her
own keypair, and you will need a copy of her public key. You can ask ...