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Email Overview

GpgFrontend has its own email tools. With them you can write a message, sign it, encrypt it, and send it. You can also read messages from your mail server and check them.

What You Can Do

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  • Write a message, with From, To, Cc, Bcc, Subject and attachments.
  • Sign it, so the reader can tell it came from you and was not changed.
  • Encrypt it, so only the people you choose can read it.
  • Send it through your own mail account.
  • Read messages from your mail server.
  • Check a message you received: is the signature good, and can you open it?

Every email is kept as an .eml file. This is a common email file format. Most email apps can open it and save it. So you can still move messages between GpgFrontend and your usual email app if you like.

All signing, encrypting, checking and decrypting happens on your own computer. Your private keys never leave it.

Where to Find It

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There are two ways in:

  • To write a new message: click File > Workspace > Mail Editor. A new tab opens with an empty message.
  • To read messages from your mail server: click Advanced > Open IMAP Controller. A window opens where you can browse your folders.

You can also open an .eml file you already have, for example from the File Panel. It opens in a mail tab, the same kind of tab as a new message.

Before you can send or read mail from a server, you need to add your mail account. See Mail Accounts and Sending.

The Status Panel in Mail Tabs

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In a mail tab, the Status Panel at the bottom starts small, as a thin bar. This leaves more room for the message, its headers and its attachments. The panel opens by itself when there is a new result to show, for example after you sign or verify a message.

Which Page Do I Need?

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