On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:06:03 +0800 Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via Gnupg-users <gnupg-users@gnupg.org> wrote:
> I am using Linux desktops with GUI and GUI mail clients as well. > > I understand GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is a free and open source > command line tool. > > How do I use it with a GUI mail client to sign and encrypt email > messages and files? I'd have a look for a GnuPG plug-in for your email client. It's not clear which one you are using. I'm using Claws Mail right now, PGP/MIME can be enabled by enabling it in the plug-ins dialogue. Others like Trojitá, there are similar options for enabling and configuring GnuPG support. For Mozilla Thunderbird, it has its own OpenPGP implementation built-in, but if you wish, you can (at the moment) tell it to use GnuPG. An example use case where you might want to do this is if your OpenPGP keys are stored on a hardware token (Thunderbird's built-in OpenPGP support doesn't support these tokens yet). https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards says "Use the Thunderbird config editor (found at the bottom of preferences/options), and search for mail.openpgp.allow_external_gnupg. Switch the value to true." Web-based clients: you'll need to look at some sort of browser extension to enable this feature. For just file and message encryption outside of emails, there are various front-ends for GnuPG if you must use a GUI tool, for example KDE ships Kleopatra. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
