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private key, you can’t read the mail that you sent, even though
you created it!
Saving Unencrypted Email
Some email client plug-ins allow you to save mail as unen-
crypted. The problem with choosing this option is that it will
protect your email during transit and while on the recipient’s
computer, but not on your hard drive. Anyone who can access
your computer will be able to read those encrypted messages.
Although this option might be fine in a corporate environ-
ment, if you’re in a totalitarian country being threatened by
some ugly man with a rusty machete and serious anger issues,
those messages just might mean life and death (for ...