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Mac Forum / General / Networking / March 2005PGP support in Mail.app
How good is PGP support in Mail.app? Is it broken, working with some quirks, or does it "just work"?  SignatureA: No. See: Help, I'm <http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html> being held <http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting> in a .sig Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? factory! > How good is PGP support in Mail.app? Is it broken, working with some > quirks, or does it "just work"? Well, are you talking about the free GNU version, PGP's version, or their commercial Desktop PGP ($59)? http://www.pgp.com/products/desktop/personal/techspecs.html http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16529 http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/features.html http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18795 http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10049 AFAIK, it doesn't just work. You have to run something to integrate encryption into the application--GPG or PGP's. SignatureDeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... > How good is PGP support in Mail.app? Is it broken, working with some > quirks, or does it "just work"? I have been using it (8.1) for some time. It just works. Quite elegantly. SignatureI thought I would be the last on earth to mung my e-mail address. fsnospam$elliott$$ 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248 I've been using GPGMail <http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/> for some time and basically it just works, provided that you have GnuPG installed (instructions on how to do that are available on the page I linked to). Cheers, Martin >I've been using GPGMail <http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/> for >some time and basically it just works, provided that you have GnuPG >installed (instructions on how to do that are available on the page I >linked to). Cheers, I use GPGMail too, and haven't had any problems with it, for my use pattern. Tim > >I've been using GPGMail <http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/> for > >some time and basically it just works, provided that you have GnuPG [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Tim Yes, but the OP wanted to know if Mail.app can use PGP without any extras. I haven't tried it, so I can't say precisely. But the stuff that's out there for PGP are add-ons. So, I'm guessing Mail.app can't without help. Is that the case or not? SignatureDeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.sys.mac.apps.] > Yes, but the OP wanted to know if Mail.app can use PGP without any > extras. I haven't tried it, so I can't say precisely. But the stuff > that's out there for PGP are add-ons. So, I'm guessing Mail.app can't > without help. It can handle encryption and signing on its own, using certs in the Keychain (if you have any). Look at "About encryption and digital signatures" in the Help. |
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