IF YOU ARE ON WINDOWS (XP or VISTA) These instructions are for you.
I strongly advise that you use your own computer only and not that of your company or school to send and receive encrypted mail.
These instructions are divided into four partsA) Downloading and installing the encryption application for windows (GPG) B) Downloading and installing an email client (Thunderbird) which will be your client for your secure email C) Setting up a GMAIL account where you will pop email from when at work/school or away from work/school.
D) Setting up the Encryption in Thunderbird PART A Download this file and run it once it is all down ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32cli-1.4.8.exe Once you have run it and keep clicking NEXT (all the defaults are OK). PART B Download this file and run it http://pv-mirror01.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/2.0.0.12/win32/en-US/Thunderbird%20Setup%202.0.0.12.exeWhen its done installing it ends by saying FINISH and "Launch Mozilla Thunderbird now" ..... UNCHECK the Launch Mozilla Thunderbird Now and click FINISH.
PART C You will need to follow the following steps1) Open a GMAIL (Google Mail) account. If you do not know how you can send me email and I will send you a gmail invite. If you already have a GMAIL account then move to step 2
2) Once your GMAIL account is set up. Go to the Settings Tab/Link at the top right hand side of your gmail-web-page
3) Click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP link4) under POP Download: option, select "Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on"
5) Under the option "When messages are accessed with POP" select "Keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox"
6) Click on the button marked "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page. PART DWhen you start Thunderbird for the first time. It will ask you what type of account you want to setup. Choose GMAIL option. After you do so you will have setup Thunderbird to download email from your GMAIL account.
2) Download this file to your desktop http://www.mozilla-enigmail.org/download/release/0.95/enigmail-0.95.6-tb+sm.xpiThis will download a file to your dektop called enigmail-0.95.6-tb +sm.xpi
This file turns on Encrypption under Thunderbird. To turn on Encryption in Thunderbird follow these instructionsOpen Thunderbird then navigate to the Thunderbird menu Tools > Addons and click on the Install ... button. Choose the enigmail-0.95.6-tb+sm.xpi file on your desktop...... then click "INSTALL NOW"
Thunderbird will then ask to restart. ENCRYPTION SETUP Your Thunderbird will now have an option at the top called OpenPGP Go to that menu and select Key Management Under that Menu select Generate Choose New Key Pair You will get a new dialog box.Enter your long password (called a passphrase). DO NOT FORGET IT but make it long (8 characters is enough) and difficult (put numbers and these signs ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:*& .... in it).
In the "Key Expiry" box select "Key Does not Expire" And in the Advanced Tab change from a Key Size of 2048 to 4096 Everything else is OK. Click on Generate Key Next question click "NO". Do not create a Revocation Certificate. ONCE YOU ARE DONE,You will see a line with your name and gmail address under the Key Management box.
Right Click on that line and choose "Send Public Keys by Email"SEND ME via email your PUBLIC KEY and I shall send you my PUBLIC KEY and we shall then send a few test messages.
The three files above (Thuderbirg, gnupg and enigmail) are on many flashdisks floating around Kampala and if you need them, just ask.
Kiggs
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