encrypting/signing html emails

[Ben Walton]

On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Matt Price <moptop99-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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...

Cool, glad to help.

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

I've used pgp with a few gui clients (evolution, kmail) in the past.
My most recent use was with "sup" but that's not a client for the
uninitiated.

Thanks
-Ben
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