encrypting/signing html emails

[Matt Price]

On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Ben Walton <bdwalton-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Matt Price <moptop99-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'm thinking about taking another stab at using GPG/Enigmail to sign
>> my outgoing messages.  I'm hoping that enough of my friends & contacts
>> are worried about spying, that some of them might actually be inspired
>> to create their own keys this time...
>
> I'd like to think so but I'm still doubtful. Please prove me wrong
> though. I'd love that!
>
>
>>
>> The only issue is that I now frequently send HTML email.  Has anyone
>> had success signing outgoing HTML mail? When I try to do it with
>> enigmail/thunderbird,the html just gets converted to plaintext.  It's
>> posible I'm missing some kind of option, but my impression is that
>> this is a limitation of enigmail; in any case, I'm hoping someone
>> outthere has a solution.
>
> I've used gpg in many scenarios but never with thunderbird in any way.
> If enigmail doesn't properly html mime email, it's entirely defective
> imo.
>
> This page makes me think it's possible though:
> http://superuser.com/questions/282016/html-or-rich-e-mails-do-not-work-with-enigmal-in-thunderbird
>
> Thanks
Hey Ben! Nice to hear from you!

Well, that seems to have fixed it. Thanks.  Hopefully PGP/MIME is
readable by my friends...

What solutions do other people use?  Mutt?  KMail?  I'd be interested
to know how they work for you.

Thanks,
Matt


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