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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
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type="topic" id="mail-encryption-gpg-set-up">
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<info>
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<desc>Setting up GPG for your mail account to sign and/or encrypt and decrypt messages.</desc>
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<link type="guide" xref="mail-encryption#gpg"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.13.90" version="0.4" date="2015-03-09" status="final"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
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<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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</credit>
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<credit type="author">
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<name its:translate="no">Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/encryption.html.en#encrypt-evo-integ -->
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</credit>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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</info>
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<title>Setting up GPG for your mail account</title>
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<!-- TODO:POST-3-8: Update and rewrite using Seahorse. Needs a rewrite once https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libcryptui/-/issues/3 is fixed; see also https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508744 -->
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<note style="tip"><p>You need a GPG key to do this. If you do not have one yet, please refer to <link xref="mail-encryption-gpg-create-key">Creating a GPG key</link>.</p></note>
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<steps>
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<item><p>Select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select the account you want to use securely, then click <gui style="button">Edit</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click the <gui>Security</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Specify your key ID in the <gui>OpenPGP Key ID</gui> field.</p>
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<note style="tip"><p>Below the field you can choose whether to always sign outgoing messages when using this account, and other options.</p></note>
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</item>
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<item><p>Click <gui style="button">OK</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui style="button">Close</gui>.</p></item>
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</steps>
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<p><app>Evolution</app> requires that you know your key ID. If you do not remember it, start <app>Passwords and Keys</app>, go to <gui>GnuPG Keys</gui>, select the preferred GPG key, right-click on it, select <gui>Properties</gui> and copy the <gui>Key ID</gui>. Your key ID is an eight-character string with random numbers and letters.</p>
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</page>
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