How to use Email Encryption in Ubuntu

Receiving Encrypted emails Step1: Open the encrypted email. Step 2: Enter your passphrase to decrypt the email. It is the same passphrase you have set for protecting the private key. Step 3: Click OK.

1. How do I encrypt an email message?
2. How do I encrypt a file in Ubuntu?
3. How do encrypted emails work?
4. How do I send a PGP encrypted email?

How do I encrypt an email message?

Encrypt a single message

1. In message that you are composing, click File > Properties.
2. Click Security Settings, and then select the Encrypt message contents and attachments check box.
3. Compose your message, and then click Send.

How do I encrypt a file in Ubuntu?

Using gpg, you would do the following.

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Change to the ~/Documents directory with the command cd ~/Documents.
3. Encrypt the file with the command gpg -c important. docx.
4. Enter a unique password for the file and hit Enter.
5. Verify the newly typed password by typing it again and hitting Enter.

How do encrypted emails work?

Email encryption is essentially mixing up the contents of an email so it becomes a puzzle that only you have the key to solve. The public key infrastructure (PKI) is used to encrypt and decrypt emails. Each person is assigned a public and private key in the form of digital code.

How do I send a PGP encrypted email?

For Windows users, the easiest way to use PGP encryption with email is to use the “clipboard” function in the GNU Privacy Assistant – Key Manager and copy and paste the content of your email. Open GNU Privacy Assistant and click on “Clipboard”. Enter the message you wish to send: Now, click on “Encrypt”.