[Enigmail] S/MIME question

[John Clizbe]

Billy O Clinton wrote:
> Under the message compose window there is a lock (S/MIME). I had two
> questions about the settings found there. To encrypt the message I need
> a personal certificate it tells me. How do I go about getting one of
> these and ultimately do should I bother? The other option listed is to
> digitally sign the message (which leads me back to the certificate
> issue). I appreciate your guys help & quick replies :)}
> -DGP/Billy

Free certificates are available from Thawte (even though they were bought by
VeriSlime); as well as CACert and TC TrustCenter GmbH.

http://www.thawte.com/secure-email/personal-email-certificates/index.html
http://www.cacert.org/
http://www.trustcenter.de/en/products/tc_internet_id.htm

Thawte and CACert have programs in place to create a network of assurers who can
verify identity beyond the basic Class 1 level.

OpenPGP and S/MIME are either/or. You can't use both in the same message.

If you /really/ must include your key in an email, send it inline to
pgp-public-keys at keyserver.gingerbear.net with the subject ADD

Then everyone else can fetch it automagically.

-- 
John P. Clizbe                      Inet:   John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
You can't spell fiasco without SCO. hkp://keyserver.gingerbear.net  or
Send email with subject HELP to     pgp-public-keys at keyserver.gingerbear.net

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"what's the key to good decisions?" /  "one word: experience."
"how do i get experience?"          / "two words: bad decisions."

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