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How do you encrypt with Thunderbird?
by oth001 4y ago
How do you encrypt with Thunderbird?
- Faaak 4y agoIt has native support with gpg's backend
- kaiengert 4y agoYour statement needs some clarification. Yes, Thunderbird supports OpenPGP, with a fully integrated solution. However, Thunderbird doesn't use gpg by default, because of license incompatibility Thunderbird cannot bundle GnuPG software. That's why Thunderbird uses the RNP library as its default OpenPGP backend. You may optionally configure externally installed GnuPG for secret key operations, as described at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards
- kaiengert 4y agoThunderbird supports OpenPGP and S/MIME for email encryption. For how to set it up, see here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-help-setup-account-e2ee https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-help-setup-...