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Mar 24 2009

DOM21  Can you use GnuPGP to encrypt something you write in TextEdit, copy/paste the encrypted text into a Yahoo email and the recipient decrypt it on his end (as with P.Z's PGP)? If you can I haven't been able to figure out how.  
(Version 2.0.10)

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Jun 22 2009

PERLMONKEY  If you use Firefox and the add-on FireGPG this gets even easier.  
(Version 2.0.12)

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Jan 11 2009

MONKEYJUNKEY  Version 2.0.10RC1 (Beta5) is available via:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=248469

Enjoy!  
(Version 2.0.9b3)

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Jan 11 2009

MONKEYJUNKEY  And another new verion: MacGPG2-2.0.10rc1-BETA7

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=248469&package_id=303406&release_id=652661  
(Version 2.0.9b3)

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Jan 24 2008

GRIFF IN FAIRBANKS  Because this package is intended for programmers and system administrators, not end users.

This is a building block on which programmers can build applications/plug-ins for end users such as yourself.  
(Version 1.4.8)

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Jan 19 2008

GEMIGENE  Wanted to try but...

Phil Zimmermann "invented" PGP quite a few years ago and GnuPG will be celebrating their 11th anniversary soon. I wonder why in this age of "User Friendly, ready to run out of the box" software, there are still programs that demand quite a bit of technical expertise to install and run (command line or third-party interfaces to fill in the gap) and are still problematic to use. When are those people are going to come out of the "dark ages"?

I posted my original question on 4 forums to get as much feedback as possible from GnuPG users but to no avail. I assume that it isn't a very popular program.

Gemigene  
(Version 1.4.8)

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Apr 23 2006

DOM21  Can you use this as is, out of the box, to encrypt as you can with PGP? Or is this only something for developers to work with?  
(Version 1.4.3)

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Sep 6 2006

GERBER  Yep, you sure can.  
(Version 1.4.5)

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Sep 6 2006

HOLYPOLY  Here's a graphical interface to GnuPG:

http://www.tomsci.com/gpgtools/

and you'll probably also want one of these scripts, to make GnuPG work with your favourite mail client (scroll down the page):

http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/  
(Version 1.4.5)

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Sep 7 2006

ROBERT  This package (GnuPG) is the main program, and--strictly speaking--all you need to use GnuPG encryption.

However, unless you work entirely in the command-line environment or are very fond of copy-and-paste, you'll like some additional software that will plug GnuPG into your GUI apps.

(PGP would release all this sort of stuff themselves as an integrated package, whereas with GnuPG you pick and choose the pieces you need.)

You'll likely want the GUI apps that the MacGPG project supplies.

Then you'll likely want a plug-in for your mail application:

e.g. If you use Mail.app, you'll also want GPGMail. If you use Thunderbird or SeaMonkey, you'll want Enigmail.

There's likely a plug-in for your app.

More info: http://fiatlux.zeitform.info/en/instructions/pgp_macosx.html

[The software that is only of concern to developers is GPGME.]  
(Version 1.4.5)

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Sep 7 2006

DOM21  THANK YOU VERY MUCH for all your helpful answers!  
(Version 1.4.5)

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Jun 2 2005
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JUAN CARLOS  sobre como jaquear msm  
(Version 1.4.1)

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Nov 11 2004

JESSE CURRY  Very cool front end, although I would go to their site and get all of the packages.  
(Version 1.2.6)

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