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Mailcrypt is an Emacs Lisp package which provides a simple but powerful interface to cryptographic functions for mail and news.
This documentation describes Mailcrypt version 3.5.8. The documentation was last updated on August 29, 1998.
| 1. Introduction | Read this first. | |
| 2. General Use | Everyday cryptographic functions. | |
| 3. Remailer Support | Interface to secure anonymous remailers. | |
| 4. Passphrase Cache | Letting Mailcrypt remember your passphrase for a while. | |
| 5. Key Fetching | Automatically retrieving public keys via finger or HTTP. | |
| 6. Miscellaneous Configuration | Random tweakables. | |
| 7. Tips | Hints and tricks. | |
| 8. Limitations | Things Mailcrypt does not do. | |
| 9. References | Pointers to relevant information. | |
| 10. Credits | Whom to blame. | |
| Index | Keys, variables, and functions. | |
| -- The Detailed Node Listing --- | ||
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| Introduction | ||
| 1.1 Prerequisites | Complicated stuff you may have to do. | |
| 1.2 Installation | Simple stuff you probably have to do. | |
| 1.3 Command Overview | A brief summary of the most common commands. | |
| Installation | ||
| 1.2.1 Hooking into Rmail | ||
| 1.2.2 Hooking into VM | ||
| 1.2.3 Hooking into MH-E | ||
| 1.2.4 Hooking into Gnus | ||
| 1.2.5 Hooking into Mew | ||
| General Use | ||
| 2.1 Encrypting a Message | Encrypting a message to one or more recipients. | |
| 2.2 Signing a Message | Clearsigning a message. | |
| 2.3 Inserting a Public Key Block | Extracting a key from your public key ring and inserting it. | |
| 2.4 Decrypting a message | Decrypting a message to you. | |
| 2.5 Verifying a Signature | Verifying the signature on a clearsigned message. | |
| 2.6 Snarfing a Key | Finding a key in the current message and adding it to your keyring. | |
| Remailer Support | ||
| 3.1 Remailer Introduction | A little about remailers in general. | |
| 3.2 Remailer Quick Start | Getting started quickly. | |
| 3.3 Remailer Chains | Creating custom chains of your very own. | |
| 3.4 Response Blocks | A way to let people reply to your anonymous messages. | |
| 3.5 Pseudonyms | Who do you want to be today? | |
| 3.6 Remailing Posts | Posting to USENET anonymously or pseduonymously. | |
| 3.7 Mixmaster Support | Remailers for the truly paranoid. | |
| 3.8 Remailer Security | Caveats. | |
| 3.9 Verifiable Pseudonyms | Giving expression to the voices in your head. | |
| 3.10 Remailer Tips | Free advice. | |
| Key Fetching | ||
| 5.1 Keyring Fetch | Fetching from one or more other keyrings on the local system. | |
| 5.2 Finger Fetch | Fetching a key through finger. | |
| 5.3 HTTP Fetch | Fetching a key off of the Web. | |
| 5.4 GnuPG Fetch | Using GnuPG's internal keyserver interface. | |
| Miscellaneous Configuration | ||
| 6.1 Alternate Keyring | Specifying a different file to act like your public keyring. | |
| 6.2 Comment Field | Burma Shave | |
| 6.3 Mode Line | Changing that "MC-w" and "MC-r" stuff | |
| 6.4 Key Bindings | Which keys cause which actions. | |
| 6.5 Nonstandard Paths | Useful if your PGP installation is weird. | |
| References | ||
| 9.1 Online Resources | Recreational reading with a purpose. | |
| 9.2 Key Servers | Keepers of the Global Keyring. | |
| 9.3 Mailing List | Staying informed while pumping the authors' egos. | |
| 9.4 Politics | Anarcho-foobarism. | |