How do I use PGP encryption in Thunderbird?

How do I use PGP encryption in Thunderbird?

Sending a digitally signed and / or encrypted email

1. Compose the message as usual.
2. To digitally sign a message, select OpenPGP from the Thunderbird menu and enable the Sign Message option.
3. If your email address is associated with a PGP key, the message will be encrypted with that key.
4. Send the message as usual.

Where does Enigmail store private keys?

All GPG keys are stored in the “keyring”, which is at ~/. gnupg or %AppData%/gnupg . Running gpg –version will show the path being used.

How do I generate a pgp public key?

Generate A Key Pair

1. Open a command shell or DOS prompt.
2. On the command line, enter: pgp –gen-key [user ID] –key-type [key type] –bits [bits #] –passphrase [passphrase]
3. Press “Enter” when the command is complete.
4. PGP Command line will now generate your keypair.

How to create an OpenPGP key pair in Enigmail?

Once Thunderbird has restarted, the Enigmail Setup Wizard should automatically start. If it does not, go to the Thunderbird menu and you will see a new menu item. Click on Open PGP > Setup Wizard. It is probably worth reminding ourselves what we are about to do. We are going to generate an OpenPGP key pair.

Is it possible to encrypt an email in Enigmail?

Since the release of version 2.0, Enigmail offers an experimental feature to encrypt the subject of a message. Other email clients do not support this feature. Encrypted subjects cannot be read by many recipients. Because of this, we recommend that you do not activate subject encryption by default.

How do I add an email address to my PGP key?

To add an additional email address/identity go to Open PGP > Key Management. Select your key and then click on Edit > Manage User IDs. A window will open where you can add additional email addresses to the key. You also have the option to set a primary email address.

How do I install Enigmail on my Thunderbird?

If you already know how to install an add-on in Thunderbird, you can skip this section. Open Thunderbird. Click the sandwich button in the menu at the top right and then click Add-ons. Enter “Enigmail” in the search field and confirm with the Enter key. Next to the entry for Enigmail, click Install.