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PM-PGP 4.9.6 - PGP for Pegasus Mail Add-On

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By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

PM-PGP - PGP for Pegasus Mail Add-On

PM-PGP - PGP for Pegasus Mail Add-On

Heinz Tschabitscher

The Bottom Line

PGP for Pegasus Mail adds flexible and powerful (but unfortunately a bit complicated and ill documented at times) PGP and OpenPGP message security to Pegasus Mail.
Pros
  • PGP for Pegasus Mail provides easy PGP security
  • Supports OpenPGP MIME messages somewhat
  • Message security can be automated fully
Cons
  • PGP for Pegasus Mail doesn't work with GnuPG
  • PGP for Pegasus Mail includes only meager documentation

Description

  • PGP for Pegasus Mail is a front-end to PGP message encryption for Pegasus Mail.
  • Supports plain text message signing and encryption, and can encrypt attachments, too.
  • PM-PGP offers support for OpenPGP MIME-compatible signing and encryption, too.
  • Provides key management functions to extract keys from messages, display fingerprints, and more.
  • PM-PGP has an AutoList and features to automate encryption.
  • PM-PGP supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP, Pegasus Mail 3/4, and PGP 6.5/7/8.

Guide Review - PM-PGP 4.9.6 - PGP for Pegasus Mail Add-On

PGP for Pegasus Mail (PM-PGP) adds PGP encryption to Pegasus Mail's great security. PM-PGP places a number of icons in the Pegasus Mail toolbar that make signing and encrypting outgoing mail easy. You don't have to choose the "Encrypt and Send" every time you want to send a secure message, though.

PM-PGP provides a flexible "AutoList" that lets you choose a default action for certain recipients. This makes it possible to pretty much automate secure mailing. PM-PGP lets you encrypt attachments, too, and it supports OpenPGP.

Unfortunately, OpenPGP is currently somewhat broken (uses "PGP MESSAGE" instead of "PGP SIGNATURE" in the signature part), and PM-PGP with its many options and meager documentation can require some time to figure it out.

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