Enigmail can encrypt/sign mail when sending, and also decrypt/authenticate received mail. It can also import/export public keys. Enigmail supports both the inline PGP format, and the PGP/MIME format (RFC 3156), which can be used to encrypt attachments. Enigmail is cross-platform like Mozilla, although binaries are supplied only for selected platforms on this website. Enigmail uses inter-process communication to execute command-line versions of GPG or PGP to carry out encryption/authentication. The latest version of Enigmail is 0.62.2. It works with Mozilla 1.0 http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ snowman
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