Recipe 8.4 Encrypted Mail with Mozilla
8.4.1 Problem
You want to send and receive encrypted
email conveniently with Mozilla's Mail
& Newsgroups application.
8.4.2 Solution
Use
Enigmail from enigmail.mozdev.org for GnuPG encryption
support. S/MIME is also supported
natively within Mozilla.
8.4.3 Discussion
Once you have downloaded and installed Enigmail, compose a message
normally, addressing it to someone whose public key is in your GnuPG
keyring. Instead of clicking the Send button, notice that your
message window has a new menu, Enigmail. From this menu, you choose
to encrypt or sign your message, or both, and it is immediately sent.To decrypt a message you receive, simply view it and Mozilla will
prompt for your GnuPG passphrase.Your Mail & Newsgroups window also has a new Enigmail menu.
Explore both menus where you'll find numerous useful
options and utilities: generating new GnuPG keys, setting default
behavior, viewing the actual gpg commands invoked,
and more.
8.4.4 See Also
The Enigmail home page is http://enigmail.mozdev.org, and
Mozilla's is http://www.mozilla.org.