Hi James, the built-in encryption uses S/MIME. GPGMail uses, if so selected, PGP/MIME to send emails. The two standards are very similar in the way an email is built, but the encryption algorithms differ. While GPGMail uses gpg to process messages, S/MIME uses SSL Certificates to process messages.
To setup Mail.app both parties need to apply for an SSL certificate at an SSL Authority and exchange the public parts of the certificate. After that, Mail.app will display an icon for encrypting and signing. If you're on Lion and running the latest alpha of GPGMail, you'll see that the both UI's look pretty much the same now. Hope that clears things up a little. Cheers, Lukas Am 21.10.2011 um 03:36 schrieb Cutler James R: > I've been a happy GPGMail user for some time. Recently, I have been > requested to use the built-in encryption capability in OS X Mail. Is there > any coexistence between these methods or are they exclusive? I have not > found the explanation on line. > > Thanks. > > Cutler > > James R. Cutler > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gpgtools-users mailing list > [email protected] > FAQ: http://www.gpgtools.org/faq.html > Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users > Unsubscribe: > http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/[email protected]?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 > > This email sent to: [email protected] _______________________________________________ gpgtools-users mailing list [email protected] FAQ: http://www.gpgtools.org/faq.html Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users Unsubscribe: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/[email protected]?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 This email sent to: [email protected]
