Blackberry BOLD 9780 User Manual page 105

User Guide
To send an encrypted PIN message, you must have a PIN and an email address for the contact in your contact list. Your device
uses the email address in your contact list to locate a PGP® key or certificate for the contact.
Sign or encrypt a message
You can sign or encrypt email and PIN messages.
1. When you are composing a message, change the Encoding field.
2. If necessary, change the Classification field.
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Encrypt a PGP protected message with a pass phrase
By default, your BlackBerry® device uses your PGP® key to encrypt messages.
1. When composing a message, change the Encoding field to one that uses encryption.
2. Press the
key > Options.
3. Change the Use Conventional Encryption field to Yes.
4. Press the
key > Save.
Using a secure method, let the recipient know what the pass phrase is.
Attach a PGP key to a message
You can attach a PGP® key to email messages and PIN messages.
1. When composing a message, press the
2. Highlight a PGP key.
3. Press the
key > Continue.
Download the PGP key used to sign or encrypt a message
If a PGP® key is not included in a received message or is not already stored in the key store on your BlackBerry® device, you can
download the PGP key. If you use the PGP® Universal Server, you might not be able to download the sender's PGP key, or your
device might download the sender's PGP key from the PGP Universal Server automatically.
1. In a message, highlight the encryption status indicator or a digital signature indicator.
2. Press the
key > Fetch Sender's PGP key.
Add a PGP key from a message
If you use the PGP® Universal Server, you might not be able to add PGP keys from messages.
1. In a message, highlight a digital signature indicator.
2. Press the
key > Import PGP Key.
key > Attach > PGP Keys.
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