GPGMail can use two different formats for encryption/signature: if your message consists only of plain text (no attachments, no rich text attributes like bold, italic, etc.), GPGMail will use the old PGP format, with inline ASCII-armored signature/encryption. Note that encryption/signature is always applied on the whole message. When you composeĪ new message, you can sign it (you will be asked for your key PGP/Encrypt New Message and PGP/Sign New Message. In the Composer window, you can also add two toolbar items (by customizing the toolbar) to set theĮncryption (on/off) and add or not your PGP signature you can also use menu items At that time you can ask GPGMail to search for missing keys on key servers (if gpg has been configured correctly, using for example GPGPreferences), using menu item Download. In case it misses some keys, a warning icon will be displayed next to the popdown button. By default, GPGMail will try to find out by itself which keys are needed for encryption, according to the recipients email addresses keys are listed in the Keys popdown button. They allow you to choose which key you want to sign with, and which keys have to be used for encryption, when enabled. When composing a new message, some new buttons appear in the composer window: when to encrypt/sign/decrypt/verify, etc.Mail also has a new Preferences panel in which you There is also a new submenu, PGP Keys, in menu View, allowing you to choose on-the-fly which attributes must be displayed for keys.įinally, in menu Window, a new item PGP Key Search displays a PGP key search panel when clicked. Message menu, containing the following items: Once started, Mail has a new submenu, PGP, in its (Dec 30th, 2008) GPGMail Release 1.2.0 (v56) is currently available. The following languages are included in GPGMail: English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Korean, Italian, Finnish, Danish, Dutch and Swedish. GPGMail has been localized in 11 different languages, thanks to contributors. GPGMail is a complete hack, relying on Mail's private internal API. GPGMail does not contain any encryption code: it is a client to gpg executable. You can use GPGMail for plain text and MIME messages, following RFC 3156. GPGMail extends Apple's Mail application and allows you to read and send PGP authenticated and/or encrypted messages. It allows you to read/write encrypted messages, as well as electronically signed messages. GPGMail is a plug-in for Apple's Mail, providing a front-end to gpg for some operations. On-line (and up-to-date) version of this document can be found at

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