On 05/06/13 01:51, gameboyab wrote:
> Seems that the most private way is to run your own email server, but 
> it is probably a lot of work.
> 
> Another way is to use GNUPGP. (I wish I knew how.)

Do you use Thunderbird? If so:
sudo apt-get install enigmail

If you use Evolution then GnuPG should be included by default. I've
never used Evolution that much, so I can't help you there if that's the
case.

Then create a keypair, and upload it to some keyservers.

I've downloaded the GPG keys of most of the people who have them from
Trisquel (but they are set as "Untrusted" because I haven't verified
them properly yet). You can download people's keys from their webpages,
or alternatively you can get their key ID (e.g. 0x9657B073) and search
for it on a keyserver using the Enigmail GUI.

Also, Wikipedia is your friend when it comes to cryptography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_third_party
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keysigning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust

Have fun. :-)

Andrew.

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