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 3.5.5. The documentation was last updated on August 29, 1998.

Introduction Read this first.

General Use Everyday cryptographic functions.

Remailer Support Interface to secure anonymous remailers.

Passphrase Cache Letting Mailcrypt remember your passphrase for a while.

Key Fetching Automatically retrieving public keys via finger or HTTP.

Miscellaneous Configuration Random tweakables.

Tips Hints and tricks.

Limitations Things Mailcrypt does not do.

References Pointers to relevant information.

Credits Whom to blame.

Index Keys, variables, and functions.

--- The Detailed Node Listing --- Introduction

Prerequisites Complicated stuff you may have to do.

Installation Simple stuff you probably have to do.

Command Overview A brief summary of the most common commands.

Installation

General Use

Encrypting Encrypting a message to one or more recipients.

Signing Clearsigning a message.

Inserting Keys Extracting a key from your public key ring and inserting it.

Decrypting Decrypting a message to you.

Verifying Verifying the signature on a clearsigned message.

Snarfing Keys Finding a key in the current message and adding it to your keyring.

Remailer Support

Remailer Introduction A little about remailers in general.

Remailer Quick Start Getting started quickly.

Remailer Chains Creating custom chains of your very own.

Response Blocks A way to let people reply to your anonymous messages.

Pseudonyms Who do you want to be today?

Remailing Posts Posting to USENET anonymously or pseduonymously.

Mixmaster Support Remailers for the truly paranoid.

Remailer Security Caveats.

Verifiable Pseudonyms Giving expression to the voices in your head.

Remailer Tips Free advice.

Key Fetching

Keyring Fetch Fetching from one or more other keyrings on the local system.

Finger Fetch Fetching a key through finger.

HTTP Fetch Fetching a key off of the Web.

Miscellaneous Configuration

Alternate Keyring Specifying a different file to act like your public keyring.

Comment Field Burma Shave

Mode Line Changing that "MC-w" and "MC-r" stuff

Key Bindings Which keys cause which actions.

Nonstandard Paths Useful if your PGP installation is weird.

References

Online Resources Recreational reading with a purpose.

Key Servers Keepers of the Global Keyring.

Mailing List Staying informed while pumping the authors' egos.

Politics Anarcho-foobarism.

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Introduction