(The canonical location of this blog post is now Enigmail & format=flowed on my web site.)

I decided it was time to restore my ability to sign/encrypt e-mail.

Glossary:

• OpenPGP is a common cryptographic standard used for e-mail.


• GPG is the FOSS implementation of this standard.


• Thunderbird is the desktop email client I use.


• Enigmail is the Thunderbird plugin for using GPG in Thunderbird.

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