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<h2><em>#1</em> Get the pieces</h2>
<p>All you need to start is a computer with an Internet connection, an email account and about half an hour. You can use your existing email account for this without affecting it.</p>
-<p>Most GNU/Linux operating systems come with GnuPG installed on them, so you don't have to download it. Before configuring GnuPG though, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. This guide works with <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Icedove">Icedove</a> (for Debian GNU/Linux) or Thunderbird (for other GNU/Linux flavors). Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like GMail), but provide extra features.</p>
-
<p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
+<p>Most GNU/Linux operating systems come with GnuPG installed on them, so you don't have to download it. Before configuring GnuPG though, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. Most GNU/Linux distributions have a free software version of the Thunderbird email program available to install. This guide will work with them, in addition to Thunderbird itself. Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like GMail), but provide extra features.</p>
+ <p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
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<p>Address the message to adele-en@gnupp.de. Put at least one word (whatever you want) in the subject and body of the email, then hit send.</p>
-<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Adele 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. Once she's responded, head to the next step. From here one, you'll be doing just the same thing as when corresponding with a real person.</p>
+<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Adele 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. Once she's responded, head to the next step. From here on, you'll be doing just the same thing as when corresponding with a real person.</p>
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<h3><em>Important:</em> Be wary of invalid keys</h3>
- <p>GnuPG makes email safer, but it's still important to watch out for invalid keys, which which might have fallen into the wrong hands. Email encrypted with invalid keys might be readable by surveillance programs.</p>
+ <p>GnuPG makes email safer, but it's still important to watch out for invalid keys, which might have fallen into the wrong hands. Email encrypted with invalid keys might be readable by surveillance programs.</p>
<p>In your email program, go back to the second email that Adele sent you. Because it was encrypted with her key, it will have a message from OpenPGP at the top, which most likely says "OpenPGP: Part of this message encrypted."</p>
<p><b>When using GnuPG, make a habit of glancing at that bar. The program will warn you there if you get an email encrypted with a key that can't be trusted.</b></p>
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<div class="section-intro">
<h2><em>#1</em> Get the pieces</h2>
<p>All you need to start is a computer with an Internet connection, an email account and about half an hour. You can use your existing email account for this without affecting it.</p>
- <p>To get started, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. This guide works with <a href="http://www.fossamail.org">FossaMail</a> and Thunderbird (FossaMail only works on 32-bit Windows computers). Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like GMail), but provide extra features.</p>
-
<p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
+ <p>To get started, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. This guide works with free software versions of the Thunderbird email program, and with Thunderbird itself. Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like GMail), but provide extra features.</p>
+ <p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
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<p>Address the message to adele-en@gnupp.de. Put at least one word (whatever you want) in the subject and body of the email, then hit send.</p>
-<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Adele 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. Once she's responded, head to the next step. From here one, you'll be doing just the same thing as when corresponding with a real person.</p>
+<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Adele 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. Once she's responded, head to the next step. From here on, you'll be doing just the same thing as when corresponding with a real person.</p>
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<div class="main">
<h3><em>Important:</em> Be wary of invalid keys</h3>
- <p>GnuPG makes email safer, but it's still important to watch out for invalid keys, which which might have fallen into the wrong hands. Email encrypted with invalid keys might be readable by surveillance programs.</p>
+ <p>GnuPG makes email safer, but it's still important to watch out for invalid keys, which might have fallen into the wrong hands. Email encrypted with invalid keys might be readable by surveillance programs.</p>
<p>In your email program, go back to the second email that Adele sent you. Because it was encrypted with her key, it will have a message from OpenPGP at the top, which most likely says "OpenPGP: Part of this message encrypted."</p>
<p><b>When using GnuPG, make a habit of glancing at that bar. The program will warn you there if you get an email encrypted with a key that can't be trusted.</b></p>
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<div class="section-intro">
<h2><em>#1</em> Get the pieces</h2>
<p>All you need to start is a computer with an Internet connection, an email account and about half an hour. You can use your existing email account for this without affecting it.</p>
- <p>To get started, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. This guide works with <a href="http://www.fossamail.org">FossaMail</a> or Thunderbird (FossaMail only works on 32-bit Windows computers). Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like GMail), but provide extra features.</p>
-
<p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
+ <p>To get started, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. This guide works with free software versions of the Thunderbird email program like <a href="http://www.fossamail.org">FossaMail</a (FossaMail only works on 32-bit Windows computers), and with Thunderbird itself. Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like GMail), but provide extra features.</p>
+ <p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
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<p>Address the message to adele-en@gnupp.de. Put at least one word (whatever you want) in the subject and body of the email, then hit send.</p>
-<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Adele 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. Once she's responded, head to the next step. From here one, you'll be doing just the same thing as when corresponding with a real person.</p>
+<p class="notes">It may take two or three minutes for Adele 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. Once she's responded, head to the next step. From here on, you'll be doing just the same thing as when corresponding with a real person.</p>
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<div class="main">
<h3><em>Important:</em> Be wary of invalid keys</h3>
- <p>GnuPG makes email safer, but it's still important to watch out for invalid keys, which which might have fallen into the wrong hands. Email encrypted with invalid keys might be readable by surveillance programs.</p>
+ <p>GnuPG makes email safer, but it's still important to watch out for invalid keys, which might have fallen into the wrong hands. Email encrypted with invalid keys might be readable by surveillance programs.</p>
<p>In your email program, go back to the second email that Adele sent you. Because it was encrypted with her key, it will have a message from OpenPGP at the top, which most likely says "OpenPGP: Part of this message encrypted."</p>
<p><b>When using GnuPG, make a habit of glancing at that bar. The program will warn you there if you get an email encrypted with a key that can't be trusted.</b></p>
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