Thanks Marianne..
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:45 AM, Marianne Promberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 21:20 (UTC-0700), Ravi Uday wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Maybe I am too lazy to google this stuff > > Apparently. > >> but what are PGP messages.. I >> mean I see emails with >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> .. >> .. >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> etc so what does it mean ? Why does mutt support PGP ? > > The message was cryptographically signed. If you have the public key > corresponding to the private key it was signed with (you can get this > public key e.g. from a public key server), mutt can invoke a > cryptographic program on your system (e.g. GnuPG) to verify that the > signature was made with the private key corresponding to the public > key you have. > > Whether the real-life identity of the person who claims to have sent > the e-mail in fact is the only one having access to that private key > is something that you would need to verify independently, and you > should really google for that (e.g. "web of trust"). > >> Do we need anything to have it setup in our mutt.. > > Yes. > >> Or do we need PGP at all ?? > > That depends on what you mean by "need". > > m. >
