Re: FN-FORUM: PGP / Outlook

date posted 1st May 2003 22:39

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Richard Parratt wrote:

> Morning all!
>
> Does anyone know whether the built-in encryption and signing facilities
> in Outlook XP (and Outlook 2k?) are compatible with PGP?
>
> E.g. can I encrypt a mail with someones PGP public key and sent it to
> them using Outlook (with the internal feature, not PGP)

Unless things have changed, Outlook uses S/MIME which is not compatible with
PGP. The two are /supposed/ to be migrating towards a common standard, but
that's been the case for a few years now... :(

If you need a free alternative to PGP, try GnuPG
plus WinPT
. I managed to get a few non-techies using
them successfully, so they can't be too difficult to use. ;-)

> Cheers,
> Richard Parratt

Best Regards,
Alex.
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