Re: [gentoo-user] S.O.P.A and P.I.P.A and the blackout.

[Mick]

On Thursday 19 Jan 2012 22:44:12 Chris Walters wrote:
> On 1/19/2012 05:04 PM, Dale wrote:

> > I have a question now.  I got a message from Paul Hartman and replied to
> > it, off list, and it was encrypted and I hope my reply was too.  My
> > question is this.  How do you make a email that only the sender and
> > receiver can read?  As a example.  I'm talking to a Doctor or a lawyer
> > and I don't want anyone but that person to see the email.  How do I do
> > that?  Can that be done.
>
> Yes, see below.  It looks like you are using a web interface (Firefox) to
> send and reply to messages.  I would suggest emerging Thunderbird
> (emerge -av thunderbird).  There is an add on called Enigmail for this mail
> client that makes encrypting, signing and decrypting messages, much easier.
> You need gnupg, as well.

There are plugins for FF that can use S/MIME and I believe GnuPG/PGP to 
encrypt gmail.

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Regards,
Mick