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PGP AND EMAIL
PGP makes email use as easy
as possible by managing
much of OpenPGP’s complex-
ity for you, so it is an excellent
choice as an email plug-in for people who
want encrypted email to “just work.” The
PGP Corporation is committed to making
OpenPGP simple to use.
One way that PGP makes managing email easy is through
policy-based encryption and signing rules. You define rules
that dictate how PGP treats messages, and the software will
automatically encrypt and sign emails as you require. PGP
transparently intercepts all the email you send and receive,
processes it according to your policies, and reinjects the
messages into the email system ...