Sylpheed Email Client

[gaf at gaf.blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Hi Doug,
Maybe we should plan a GNUPG Howto meeting. 
First, you need to have GNUPG installed. GPG 1.2.1 is the preferred
version. You can download that from gnupg.org. 
If you are going to run Sylpheed, you need the GPGME library. This is
available on as an RPM along with the Sylpheed Claws RPM. 

Additionally, Sylpheed does not automatically verify clearsigned
messages. You need to add an action. There are a bunch of actions
available. http://melvin.hadasht.free.fr/home/sylpheed/actions/
Adding an action is very simple. Edit the actionrc file in the
~/.sylpheed, and copy/paste from the actions page. 
I've got 3 actions defined:
1. Verify clearsign
2. Decrypt inline (clearsigned) encryption
3. Spell check.
Standard MIME signatures and encrypted messages are handled
automatically by Sylpheed. You can select (per identity) which is the
default signing method. 
When you chode to encrypt a message, it displays a dialog box with a
list of keys. 

The bottom line is that I'm already very comfortable with Sylpheed. 

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:41:16 -0500
Douglas Sweetser <sweetser at theworld.com> wrote:

> Just downloaded this program, look quite good for a GUI.  I really
> dislike the idea of changing the email data from what mh uses.  So it
> is nice that I can continue to use mh commands, or this one (which I
> aliases to "mhg" for obvious reasons.  If it requires more than 3
> letters on an alias, I don't use it).
> 
> I was not able in a quick glance to understand how signing is done. 
> There is now a GPG folder.  Does the key go in there?  I must confess
> that although I have gpg installed, I have never signed an email
> message (ie I am clueless).
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