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<p>To get started, you'll need the IceDove desktop email program installed
on your computer. For your system, IceDove may be known by the alternate name
<p>Open your email program and follow the wizard (step-by-step walkthrough)
that sets it up with your email account.</p>
+<p>Look for the letters SSL, TLS, or STARTTLS to the right of the servers
+when you're setting up your account. If you don't see them, you will still
+be able to use encryption, but this means that the people running your email
+system are running behind the industry standard in protecting your security
+and privacy. We recommend that you send them a friendly email asking them
+to enable SSL, TLS, or STARTTLS for your email server. They will know what
+you're talking about, so it's worth making the request even if you aren't
+an expert on these security systems.</p>
+
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<div class="troubleshooting">
<dl>
<dt>The wizard doesn't launch</dt>
<dd>You can launch the wizard yourself, but the menu option for doing so is
-named differently in each email programs. The button to launch it will be in
+named differently in each email program. The button to launch it will be in
the program's main menu, under "New" or something similar, titled something
like "Add account" or "New/Existing email account."</dd>
options whenever asked. After it's installed, you can close any windows that
it creates.</p>
-<P>There are major security flaws in verions of GPG4Win prior to 3.1.2. Make sure you have 3.1.2 or higher installed.
+<p>There are major security flaws in versions of GnuPG provided by GPG4Win
+prior to 3.1.2. Make sure you have GPG4Win 3.1.2 or later.</p>
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<div id="step-1c" class="step">
<div class="sidebar">
-
<ul class="images">
-<li><img
-src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-01-tools-addons.png"
+<li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-01-tools-addons.png"
alt="Step 1.C: Tools -> Add-ons" /></li>
-<li><img
-src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-02-search.png"
+<li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-02-search.png"
alt="Step 1.C: Search Add-ons" /></li>
-<li><img
-src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-03-install.png"
+<li><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/enc-dev0/img/en/screenshots/step1b-03-install.png"
alt="Step 1.C: Install Add-ons" /></li>
</ul>
<h3><em>Step 1.c</em> Install the Enigmail plugin for your email program</h3>
<p>In your email program's menu, select Add-ons (it may be in the Tools
-section). Make sure Extensions is selected on the left. Do you see Enigmail? If
-so, skip this step.</p>
+section). Make sure Extensions is selected on the left. Do you see Enigmail?
+Make sure it's the latest version. If so, skip this step.</p>
<p>If not, search "Enigmail" with the search bar in the upper right. You
can take it from here. Restart your email program when you're done.</p>
-<p>There are major security flaws in Enigmail (prior to 2.0.7) and GnuPG (prior to 2.2.8). Make sure you have the most recent version of Enigmail, GnuPG, and GPGTools.</p>
+<p>There are major security flaws in Enigmail prior to version 2.0.7. Make
+sure you have Enigmail 2.0.7 or later.</p>
<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~ -->
<div class="troubleshooting">
<dd>In many new email programs, the main menu is represented by an image of
three stacked horizontal bars.</dd>
+<dt>My email looks weird</dt>
+<dd>Enigmail doesn't tend to play nice with HTML, which is used to format
+emails, so it may disable your HTML formatting automatically. To send an
+HTML-formatted email without encryption or a signature, hold down the Shift
+key when you select compose. You can then write an email as if Enigmail
+wasn't there.</dd>
+
<dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
<dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a
href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/GPG_guide/Public_Review">feedback
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-</div><!-- End #step-1c .step -->
+</div><!-- End #step-1b .step -->
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<!-- ~~~~~~~~~ Section 2: Make your keys ~~~~~~~~~ -->
<p>Your private key is more like a physical key, because you keep it to
yourself (on your computer). You use GnuPG and your private key together to
descramble encrypted emails other people send to you. <span style="font-weight:
-bold;">You should never share you private key with anyone, under any
+bold;">You should never share your private key with anyone, under any
circumstances.</span></p>
<p>In addition to encryption and decryption, you can also use these keys to
<li>On the screen titled "Create Key," pick a strong password! You can
do it manually, or you can use the Diceware method. Doing it manually
is faster but not as secure. Using Diceware takes longer and requires
-dice, but creates a password that is much harder for attackers figure
+dice, but creates a password that is much harder for attackers to figure
out. To use it, read the section "Make a secure passphrase with Diceware" in <a
-href="https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-cant-guess/">this
-article</a> by Micah Lee.</li>
+href="https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-cant-guess/">
+this article</a> by Micah Lee.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you'd like to pick a password manually, come up with something
<dt>More resources</dt>
<dd>If you're having trouble with our
instructions or just want to learn more, check out <a
-href="https://enigmail.wiki/Key_Management#Generating_your_own_key_pair">Enigmail's
-wiki instructions for key generation</a>.</dd>
-
-<dt>My email looks weird</dt>
-<dd>Enigmail doesn't tend to play nice with HTML, which is used to format
-emails, so it may disable your HTML formatting automatically. To send an
-HTML-formatted email without encryption or a signature, hold down the Shift
-key when you select compose. You can then write an email as if Enigmail
-wasn't there.</dd>
+href="https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/Key_Management#Generating_your_own_key_pair">
+Enigmail's wiki instructions for key generation</a>.</dd>
<dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
<dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a
<p>In your email program's menu, select Enigmail → Key Management.</p>
-<p>Right click on your key and select Upload Public Keys to Keyserver. Use
-the default keyserver in the popup.</p>
+<p>Right click on your key and select Upload Public Keys to Keyserver. You
+don't have to use the default keyserver. If, after research, you would like
+to change to a different default keyserver, you can change that setting
+manually in the Enigmail preferences.</p>
<p class="notes">Now someone who wants to send you an encrypted message can
download your public key from the Internet. There are multiple keyservers
<dt>More documentation</dt>
<dd>If you're having trouble with our
instructions or just want to learn more, check out <a
-href="https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/quickstart-ch2.php#id2533620">Enigmail's
-documentation</a>.</dd>
+href="https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/Key_Management#Distributing_your_public_key">
+Enigmail's documentation</a>.</dd>
<dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
<dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a
<dt>More resources</dt>
<dd>If you're still having trouble with our
instructions or just want to learn more, check out <a
-href="https://enigmail.wiki/Signature_and_Encryption#Encrypting_a_message">Enigmail's
-wiki</a>.</dd>
+href="https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/Signature_and_Encryption#Encrypting_a_message">
+Enigmail's wiki</a>.</dd>
<dt class="feedback">Don't see a solution to your problem?</dt>
<dd class="feedback">Please let us know on the <a
<h3><em>Step 3.c</em> Receive a response</h3>
<p>When Edward receives your email, he will use his private key to decrypt
-it, then use your public key (which you sent him in <a href="#step-3a">Step
-3.A</a>) to encrypt his reply to you.</p>
+it, then reply to you. </p>
<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Edward to
respond. In the meantime, you might want to skip ahead and check out the <a
href="#section5">Use it Well</a> section of this guide.</p>
-<p>When you receive Edward's email and open it, Enigmail will automatically
-detect that it is encrypted with your public key, and then it will use your
-private key to decrypt it.</p>
-
-<p>Notice the bar that Enigmail shows you above the message, with information
-about the status of Edward's key.</p>
-
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</div><!-- End #step-3c .step -->
<h3><em>Step 3.e</em> Receive a response</h3>
-<p>When Edward receives your email, he will use your public key (which you
-sent him in <a href="#step-3a">Step 3.A</a>) to verify that your signature
-is authentic and the message you sent has not been tampered with.</p>
+<p>When Edward receives your email, he will use your public key (which
+you sent him in <a href="#step-3a">Step 3.A</a>) to verify the message
+you sent has not been tampered with and to encrypt his reply to you.</p>
<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Edward to
respond. In the meantime, you might want to skip ahead and check out the <a
"Your signature was verified." If your test signed email was also encrypted,
he will mention that first.</p>
+<p>When you receive Edward's email and open it, Enigmail will
+automatically detect that it is encrypted with your public key, and
+then it will use your private key to decrypt it.</p>
+
+<p>Notice the bar that Enigmail shows you above the message, with
+information about the status of Edward's key.</p>
+
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<form enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" action="/mk_path.cgi"
method="get">
-<p><strong>From:</strong><input type="text" placeholder="xD41A008"
+<p><strong>From:</strong><input type="text" value="xD41A008"
name="FROM"></p>
-<p><strong>To:</strong><input type="text" placeholder="50BD01x4" name="TO"></p>
+<p><strong>To:</strong><input type="text" value="50BD01x4" name="TO"></p>
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<h3>Identifying keys: Fingerprints and IDs</h3>
-
<p>People's public keys are usually identified by their key fingerprint,
which is a string of digits like F357AA1A5B1FA42CFD9FE52A9FF2194CC09A61E8
(for Edward's key). You can see the fingerprint for your public key, and
<h3>Transferring you key</h3>
<p>You can use Enigmail's <a
-href="https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/keyman.php">key management
+href="https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/Key_Management">key management
window</a> to import and export keys. If you want to be able to read
your encrypted email on a different computer, you will need to export
your secret key from here. Be warned, if you transfer the key without <a
Attribution 4.0 license (or later version)</a>, and the rest of it is under
a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license (or later version)</a>. Download the <a
-href="http://agpl.fsf.org/emailselfdefense.fsf.org/edward/CURRENT/edward.tar.gz">source
-code of Edward reply bot</a> by Andrew Engelbrecht
-<sudoman@ninthfloor.org> and Josh Drake <zamnedix@gnu.org>,
+href="http://agpl.fsf.org/emailselfdefense.fsf.org/edward/CURRENT/edward.tar.gz">
+source code of Edward reply bot</a> by Andrew Engelbrecht
+<andrew@engelbrecht.io> and Josh Drake <zamnedix@gnu.org>,
available under the GNU Affero General Public License. <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OtherLicenses">Why these
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