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Step 1.a Setup your email program with your email account (if it isn't already)
-Open your email program and follow the wizard that sets it up with your email account.
+Step 1.a Setup your email program with your email account
+Open your email program and follow the wizard (step-by-step walkthrough) that sets it up with your email account.
Troubleshooting
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- What's a wizard? -
- A wizard is a series of windows that pop up to make it easy to get something done on a computer, like installing a program. You click through it, selecting options as you go. -
- My email program can't find my account or isn't downloading my mail +
- The wizard doesn't launch +
- 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 the program's main menu, under "New" or something similar, titled something like "Add account" or "New/Existing email account." +
- The wizard can't find my account or isn't downloading my mail
- Before searching the Web, we recommend you start by asking other people who use your email system, to figure out the correct settings.
- Don't see a solution to your problem?
- Please let us know on the feedback page. @@ -113,9 +146,9 @@
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- On the second screen, titled "Encryption," select "Encrypt all of my messages by default, because privacy is critical to me." +
- On the third screen, titled "Signing," select "Don't sign my messages by default." +
- On the fourth screen, titled "Key Selection," select "I want to create a new key pair for signing and encryption my email." +
- On the screen titled "Create Key," pick a strong password! Your password should be at least 12 characters and include at least one lower case and upper case letter and at least one number or punctuation symbol. Don't forget the password, or all this work will be wasted! +
- I can't find the OpenPGP menu. -
- In many new email programs, the main menu is represented by an image of three stacked horizontal bars. OpenPGP may be inside a section called Tools. +
- I can't find the Enigmail menu. +
- In many new email programs, the main menu is represented by an image of three stacked horizontal bars. Enigmail may be inside a section called Tools.
- Don't see a solution to your problem?
- Please let us know on the feedback page. @@ -178,38 +214,40 @@
- The progress bar never finishes +
- The progress bar never finishes.
- Close the upload popup, make sure you are connected to the Internet, and try again. If that doesn't work, try again, selecting a different keyserver.
- My key doesnt appear in the list -
- Try checking Show Default Keys. +
- Try checking "Display All Keys by Default."
- Don't see a solution to your problem?
- Please let us know on the feedback page.
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Step 2.a Make a keypair
-In your email program's menu, select OpenPGP → Setup Wizard. You don't need to read the text in the window that pops up unless you'd like to, but it's good to read the text on the later screens of the wizard.
-On the second screen, titled "Signing," select "No, I want to create per-recipient rules for emails that need to be signed."
-Use the default options until you reach the screen titled "Create Key".
-On the screen titled "Create Key," pick a strong password! Your password should be at least 12 characters and include at least one lower case and upper case letter and at least one number or punctuation symbol. Don't forget the password, or all this work will be wasted!
+The Enigmail Setup wizard may start automatically. If it doesn't, select Enigmail → Setup Wizard from your email program's menu. You don't need to read the text in the window that pops up unless you'd like to, but it's good to read the text on the later screens of the wizard. Click Next with the default options selected, except in these instances:
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The program will take a little while to finish the next step, the "Key Creation" screen. While you wait, do something else with your computer, like watching a movie or browsing the Web. The more you use the computer at this point, the faster the key creation will go.
-When the OpenPGP Confirm screen pops up, select Generate Certificate and choose to save it in a safe place on your computer (we recommend making a folder called "Revocation Certificate" in your home folder and keeping it there. You'll learn more about the revocation certificate in Section 5. The setup wizard will ask you to move it onto an external device, but that isn't necessary at this moment.
+When the "Key Generation Completed" screen pops up, select Generate Certificate and choose to save it in a safe place on your computer (we recommend making a folder called "Revocation Certificate" in your home folder and keeping it there). You'll learn more about the revocation certificate in Section 5.
Troubleshooting
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Step 2.b Upload your public key to a keyserver
-In your email program's menu, select OpenPGP → Key Management.
+In your email program's menu, select Enigmail → Key Management.
Right click on your key and select Upload Public Keys to Keyserver. Use the default keyserver in the popup.
Now someone who wants to send you an encrypted message can download your public key from the Internet. There are multiple keyservers that you can select from the menu when you upload, but they are all copies of each other, so it doesn't matter which one you use. However, it sometimes takes a few hours for them to match each other when a new key is uploaded.
Troubleshooting
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GnuPG, OpenPGP, what?
-You're using a program called GnuPG, but the menu in your email program is called OpenPGP. Confusing, right? In general, the terms GnuPG, GPG, GNU Privacy Guard, OpenPGP and PGP are used interchangeably, though they all have slightly different meanings.
+In general, the terms GnuPG, GPG, GNU Privacy Guard, OpenPGP and PGP are used interchangeably. Technically, OpenPGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is the encryption standard, and GNU Privacy Guard (often shortened to GPG or GnuPG) is the program that implements the standard. Enigmail is a plug-in program for your email program that provides an interface for GnuPG.
