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mrobison188

31 Aug, 2012 05:42 AM

I am soo completely new to this. I did manage to send a encrypted email to my other e-mail address--Have to idea how to read it (un-encrypt it. Any help please

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• Software name and version: (e.g. GPGMail 2.0a4 or GPG Keychain Access 1.0b3)
• OS X version: (e.g. 10.7.2)
• GPGTools Installer date:

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• Have you already tried running the latest nightly of the GPGTool Installer?

1. 1 Posted by mrobison188 on 31 Aug, 2012 05:52 AM

   

   Gpg Keychain access

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2. 2 Posted by mrobison188 on 31 Aug, 2012 05:53 AM

   

   newbie question of course

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Luke Le on 31 Aug, 2012 08:22 AM

   

   Hi Mark,

   what system of OS X are you running? If you tell us that, it will be easier to get you started.

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4. 4 Posted by mrobison188 on 31 Aug, 2012 10:21 AM

   

   OS X 10.6.8

   Thank you

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Steve on 01 Sep, 2012 04:54 PM

   

   Hey Mark, you don't wanna update to Lion, no? GPGMail 2 (currently in alpha) is 10.7 only. We might do a backport to 10.6 but first we need to get GPGMail working on Mountain Lion.

   GPGMail 1 does work on 10.6. But we don't support it actually since it won't receive any patches from our core-team.

   Still it did and does work for many people, so we should get you setup as well.

   http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/how-to/first-steps-where-do-i-start-...

   Our quickstart covers GPGMail 2.0 but functionality for GPGMail 1 is of course similar. Does that help you out with your setup?

   All the best :)
   steve

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6. 6 Posted by mrobison188 on 01 Sep, 2012 05:24 PM

   

   Steve

   Hmmm -I am happy at 10.6.8 at the moment. Everything is working good and I am doing some important stuff and do not need hang ups. Yes I am using (version1.ob7 GPG keychain access). With Apple mail. I got to the point of encrypting a email but got lost after that. Yes if you can help me set it up and understand how it work it would be appreciatedqVersion 1.0b7 (1.0b7)
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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by Steve on 01 Sep, 2012 05:33 PM

   

   Well what are you having issues with? Decrypting mail does not work? Did you read the quickstart guide? Do you have a friend you can test your setup with?

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8. 8 Posted by mrobison188 on 01 Sep, 2012 05:40 PM

   

   I sent it another email address of mine. I am sorry I do not understand the process of encyrtion and un encryption. Public -private keya. Or to open an encrypted mail or whatever. I just go the software in and followed a few step and viola I could encrypt. But going to the encryption in the mail I send my other address I have to idea how to read it.

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9. Support Staff 9 Posted by Steve on 02 Sep, 2012 08:13 AM

   

   Please send us me a test mail to steve AT gpgtools.org

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10. Support Staff 10 Posted by Steve on 02 Sep, 2012 03:32 PM

    

    I received the test mail. It was signed but nit encrypted. To make sure you understand how to encrypt mail please thoroughly read the first steps tutorial. You've obviously created a key. You know how to sing. Please see if the tutorial can help you, to understand how to encrypt your mail. I will send you an encrypted mail. See if you can decrypt it.

    Cheers, steve

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11. Support Staff 11 Posted by Steve on 02 Sep, 2012 03:33 PM

    

    and here's the link I forgot: http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/how-to/first-steps-where-do-i-start-...

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12. Support Staff 12 Posted by Steve on 23 Sep, 2012 03:32 PM

    

    No further user feedback. Closing.

    @Mark: Should your problem persist, feel free to re-open this discussion any time.

    All the best,
    steve

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13. Steve closed this discussion on 23 Sep, 2012 03:32 PM.