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Mailcrypt: An EMACS Interface to PGP

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

1. Introduction		Read this first.
2. General Use		Everyday cryptographic functions.
3. Remailer Support		Interface to secure anonymous remailers.
4. Passphrase Cache		Letting Mailcrypt remember your passphrase for a while.
5. Key Fetching		Automatically retrieving public keys via finger or HTTP.
6. Miscellaneous Configuration		Random tweakables.
7. Tips		Hints and tricks.
8. Limitations		Things Mailcrypt does not do.
9. References		Pointers to relevant information.
10. Credits		Whom to blame.
Index		Keys, variables, and functions.

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Introduction

1.1 Prerequisites		Complicated stuff you may have to do.
1.2 Installation		Simple stuff you probably have to do.
1.3 Command Overview		A brief summary of the most common commands.

Installation

1.2.1 Hooking into Rmail
1.2.2 Hooking into VM
1.2.3 Hooking into MH-E
1.2.4 Hooking into Gnus

General Use

2.1 Encrypting a Message		Encrypting a message to one or more recipients.
2.2 Signing a Message		Clearsigning a message.
2.3 Inserting a Public Key Block		Extracting a key from your public key ring and inserting it.
2.4 Decrypting a message		Decrypting a message to you.
2.5 Verifying a Signature		Verifying the signature on a clearsigned message.
2.6 Snarfing a Key		Finding a key in the current message and adding it to your keyring.

Remailer Support

3.1 Remailer Introduction		A little about remailers in general.
3.2 Remailer Quick Start		Getting started quickly.
3.3 Remailer Chains		Creating custom chains of your very own.
3.4 Response Blocks		A way to let people reply to your anonymous messages.
3.5 Pseudonyms		Who do you want to be today?
3.6 Remailing Posts		Posting to USENET anonymously or pseduonymously.
3.7 Mixmaster Support		Remailers for the truly paranoid.
3.8 Remailer Security		Caveats.
3.9 Verifiable Pseudonyms		Giving expression to the voices in your head.
3.10 Remailer Tips		Free advice.

Key Fetching

5.1 Keyring Fetch		Fetching from one or more other keyrings on the local system.
5.2 Finger Fetch		Fetching a key through finger.
5.3 HTTP Fetch		Fetching a key off of the Web.

Miscellaneous Configuration

6.1 Alternate Keyring		Specifying a different file to act like your public keyring.
6.2 Comment Field		Burma Shave
6.3 Mode Line		Changing that "MC-w" and "MC-r" stuff
6.4 Key Bindings		Which keys cause which actions.
6.5 Nonstandard Paths		Useful if your PGP installation is weird.

References

9.1 Online Resources		Recreational reading with a purpose.
9.2 Key Servers		Keepers of the Global Keyring.
9.3 Mailing List		Staying informed while pumping the authors' egos.
9.4 Politics		Anarcho-foobarism.