Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - APPLICATION GUIDE 17-03-2009 Application Manual page 64

encrypting the contents of your e-mails make sure that they can only be read by the
recipient. KMail supports both the signing and encryption of e-mails.
Set up KMail for signing and encrypting e-mails:
1 Generate a key pair as described in
2 Configure the details of the encryption procedure in KMail:
3 Apply your settings and leave the configuration dialog with OK.
Sending Signed Mails
Sign your e-mails to allow the recipient to verify whether these have really been sent
by you. KMail uses your private key to sign your messages and the recipient can verify
the signature using your public key available on key servers. To sign an e-mail, proceed
as follows:
1 Compose your e-mail as usual.
2 Select Options > Sign Message.
3 Select Attach > Attach My Public Key to create an attachment to your e-mail
4 Send your message as usual via Message > Send Mail and enter your key's
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(page 100) and export your public key as described in
the Public Key" (page 103).
2a Start KMail and go to Settings > Configure KMail > Identities.
2b Select the identity under which to send encrypted and signed messages. Click
Modify... and proceed to Cryptography.
2c Change the OpenPGP signing key by clicking on Change... and selecting
your key from the dialog box.
2d Change the OpenPGP encryption key by clicking on Change... and selecting
your key from the dialog box.
containing your public key.
passphrase when prompted. KMail signs your message using your private key
Section 10.2, "Generating a New Key Pair"
Section 10.3, "Exporting