OpenPGP is the most widely used email encryption standard. It is defined by the OpenPGP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a Proposed Standard in RFC 4880. OpenPGP was originally derived from the PGP software, created by Phil Zimmermann.

Today the Thunderbird project is happy to announce that for the future Thunderbird 78 release, planned for summer 2020, we will add built-in functionality for email encryption and digital signatures using the OpenPGP standard. This new functionality will replace the … Continue reading. October 10, 2019 COMMENTS 30 Read the Blog Thunderbird is Jul 08, 2020 · The OpenPGP library to be used by Thunderbird 78 should support digitally signing public keys. (Alternatively, Thunderbird 78 would have to remember information about successful confirmations separately.) Key sharing. Often users of OpenPGP share their key confirmations with others, by publishing signed keys on key directories (key servers). OpenPGP support in Thunderbird 78 will be available “out of the box” when the Thunderbird 78.2 release arrives, expected in the next few months. Users of the Enigmail Add-on are advised not to upgrade to Thunderbird 78 at this time. These and other key Thunderbird 78 features at a glance: Redesigned ‘Compose’ interface Apr 17, 2020 · Thunderbird: Autocrypt; Enigmail; Browser Plugins. Mailvelope; FlowCrypt (Gmail) Psono; Webmail Provider with Browser Plugins. A lot of webmail providers support email encryption via the OpenPGP standard using Mailvelope. The Mailvelope website provides a list of supported webmail providers. Providers with help pages: GMX; Posteo; WEB.DE Jun 27, 2020 · Enigmail adds OpenPGP message encryption and authentication to Thunderbird. It features automatic encryption, decryption and integrated key management functionality. Enigmail is based on GnuPG for the cryptographic functions. Note: GnuPG is not part of the installation, but will be downloaded as part of the setup process.

OpenPGP is the most widely used email encryption standard. It is defined by the OpenPGP Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a Proposed Standard in RFC 4880. OpenPGP was originally derived from the PGP software, created by Phil Zimmermann.

OpenPGP with Thunderbird / Mozilla. Email is commonly used in business today, yet only a small percentage of users take the time to guarantee their email is sent in a secure and confidential manner. If you're not part of that elite group, read on to learn how to setup OpenPGP with the Mozilla Thunderbird mail component.

Sep 09, 2013 · Installing Enigmail in Thunderbird. Once you have installed GPG for your OS, open up Thunderbird and head to “Tools -> Add-ons”. Search for the extension “Enigmail”. Install it and restart Thunderbird for it to take effect.

Jan 27, 2018 · Thunderbird doesn’t come with any encryption features built into it, so you should get Enigmail as quickly as possible. This addon, recommended by Mozilla itself, lets you encrypt messages using GnuPG, a fork of the widely used OpenPGP encryption standard.