[Enigmail] New user wanting to test OpenPGP, Enigmail, and Thundermail's signing & encrypting features

[Graham]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:45:42 -0700
MurrayDavis <mgd at interbaun.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I just set up OpenPGP, Enigmail, and Thunderbird on my system. I read
> in the Enigmail document that the Enigmail users group would help
> verify that my public/private key is working and help test signing and
> enrypting documents. I published/uploaded my public key on
> sks-keyservers.net.
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Its a good idea to send this sort of traffic to the PGP-Basics
yahoogroup (which deals with GnuPG too), although remember to send
signatures inline rather than by PGP/MIME.

This yahoogroup strips signatures from messages (which PGP/MIME
creates) which also many groups strip.  The RFC says that inline PGP is
"deprecated" (presumably to bring email programs in to line); however
PGP/MIME is a function of the MUA (email program) not gnupg or PGP, and
there are still many MUAs which do not recognise it correctly so unless
you KNOW the MUA (and even the version of the MUA with any plugins) of
your recipient deal with PGP/MIME correctly, you better using inline
gnupg even with Enigmail.

It has quite a lot of documentation which can be assessed by members
and the dreaded RTFM reply is banned to any questions.  The Moderators
are a knowledgeable lot (ahem...I used to be one myself) so ask away!

Go to them at  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PGP-Basics/



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Graham