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| author | Johannes Kulick <kulick@hildensia.de> | 2012-12-12 12:31:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Patrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com> | 2013-02-19 10:10:07 +0000 |
| commit | 7a0a4158c78ee2f927e5c54868fb6e8a1d94f814 (patch) | |
| tree | 5456845cfcecc5413a4b4509cc1f73bceeaae29e /docs | |
| parent | 05370beff75b92ad2b24afd97917ab2b5d4f5ffd (diff) | |
add encrypt documentation
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/source/crypto/index.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/docs/source/crypto/index.rst b/docs/source/crypto/index.rst index 4c79f4b2..52fb356a 100644 --- a/docs/source/crypto/index.rst +++ b/docs/source/crypto/index.rst @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Cryptography ************ At the moment alot only supports signing of outgoing mails via PGP/MIME (:rfc:`3156`). +Encryption via PGP/MIME (:rfc:`3156`) is in an experimental stadium. .. note:: To use GPG with alot, you need to have `gpg-agent` running. @@ -37,4 +38,10 @@ instead of the default graphical pinentry. You can do that by setting up your pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-curses +.. rubric:: Encrypt outgoing emails +You can use the commands `encrypt` and `unencrypt` in envelope mode to +encrypt the mail. You have to give a hint string as argument to the `encrypt` +command. This hint would normally be a fingerprint of the key. + +Encryption is done after signing (if signing is enabled) the email. |