Using GnuPG with Pine

bewmIES writes "I have written an article entitled Using GnuPG with Pine for Secure E-Mail. It explains, with detailed examples, all of the relevant steps to get pine configured with pinepgp using GnuPG. It is intended for the common person who does not need to know all of the details of the underlying encryption methods. This is the first paper in an "encryption for the common man" type series that I have going in my head :). Any comments/critiques are more then welcome."

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Gnupg + Mutt

[Anonymous Coward]

FYI, anyone interested in Unix text-mode email clients that have good integration with Gpg and encryption should investigate Mutt:

http://www.mutt.org

I switched from pine to mutt about a year ago and I have found it to be much more oriented towards the power user, for example copious hooks that can be triggered by pattern matches to perform all sorts of customized behaviors. With mutt, for example, configuring your client to use gnupg is as easy as adding a line 'source gpg.rc' to include a file (included in the default distribution) that adds gnupg-specific hooks, and then adding a configuration key or two to set your personalized behavior, and you're ready.

If you're using Pine

[Hilary Rosen]

You're not the "common man". Post an article on using GnuPG with Outlook Express and I might be able to get the common men & women in my family to use it.
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Kind of OT, but related

[UnknownSoldier]

Are there any Open Source clones of Outlook for Windows? (and runs on Linux, with maybe a port to Be)

Re:Kind of OT, but related

[sjehay]

Try Ximian's Evolution, available here. If you use Red Carpet, you can use that to get the latest snapshots. It hasn't hit 1.0 yet but it's getting pretty close and it is almost a feature-complete clone of Outlook (groupware).

if you want 'for the common man'

[Lord Omlette]

Head over to .5e (half empty). Since it's 'mindless drivel for the masses', you can only add, not subtract from our community :)

Peace,
Amit
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