Hello pkroy, Wednesday, October 31, 2001, 12:59:00 PM, you wrote:
p> i am new to bat1.53 and i like its features.. p> want to use PGP features but couldnot configure .. If you've never used PGP before then it's probably best if you download and install it and read the documentation. It takes some studying. It's probably easiest to get the version 6.0x / 6.5x from Network Associates, as it's completely graphical, point and click. (Still read the docs though! It will take you through generating your private and public keys and so on) Personally I'd recommend getting this one: http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgpdisk/ (Use the NT version if you run Windows 2000) This version is the last freeware version that still came with PGP Disk for free. PGP Disk allows you to create a virtual encrypted harddrive (it actually shows up in the My Computer window as a harddrive). All your sensitive files you just keep on this drive, which you can turn on (mount) and off at will. When it's off, nobody even sees it's there. Of course your email also qualiefies as sensitive information, so... keep your The Bat email files on this encrypted disk!! (Optionally even install the whole The Bat program intirely on the encrypted disk; when the disk is off, nobody even knows you have an extra program for email.) Frankly, protecting email while it's on your computer is much more important than protecting it while it's being transmitted. It takes some pretty smart people to intercept e-mail during the 10 seconds it takes to send over the internet, however any co-worker or your baby daughter can open your emails while they sit on your computer for all eternity. Anyway, configuring The Bat with PGP is the easy part. Just download the PGP support files from the The Bat website. After you unzip those into your The Bat folder, everything just works by itself after you go to Tools->OpenPGP->Select OpenPGP version and selected PGP 6.0x. :) You don't even need to import keys or anything. Again, the main difficulty is not getting The Bat to use PGP, it's understanding PGP itself. I'm sorry if I wrongly assumed you were new to PGP as well.. Good luck! Han. +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Han Thomas 25/1 Moo 2 Pa Bong, Saraphee | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chiang Mai 50140 THAILAND | +----------------------------------------------------------+ -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
