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GPGMail - 1.2

PGP encryption for Apple Mail.

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All Time:	(4.4)
This Version:	(3.0)
Current Version:	1.2
Release Date:	2008-12-30
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	3,269
Downloads (all versions):	52,524

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Product Description:

GPGMail is a plug-in for Apple's Mail, providing a front-end to gpg for some operations.

GPGMail extends Apple's Mail application and allows you to read and send authenticated and/or encrypted messages. You can use PGP for plain text and MIME messages, following RFC 3156. GPGMail sources are available.

What's new in this version:

Available for 10.5 Leopard only
Now under BSD license (more liberal than before)
Project now located on SourceForge.net
Better compatibility when decrypting messages from old mailers (e.g. handles encrypted attachments)
Added Swedish localization by Erik Hedlund
Added new keyserver to list (SKS)
For ASCII encrypted/signed messages, enforces use of quoted-printable - more robust - Thanks to Greg A. Woods
Fixed support for gpg2 (provided that you have a working agent - see FAQ)
Fixed problem with GPGOpenPGPExecutablePath (no longer necessary in most cases - see documentation)
Fixed bug when sending signed+encrypted (ASCII) message with untrusted recipient, and GPGMail set to trust no key: an exception was logged, instead of being displayed to user.
Fixed bug: was still signing when automatic signing but no matching account
Fixed bug with manual choice of encryption keys: message might be sent without encryption/signature
Fixed bug: draft additional headers were not removed when message was delivered
Fixed bug with manual choice of keys: choice was lost when displaying again key list
Fixed bug with AppleScript-generated messages, and redisplayed PGP buttons
Fixed dependency on /usr/local/bin/gpg
Fixed positioning of compose accessory view
Fixed bug with 'verbose' option in gpg.conf file
Fixed toggle triangle state (showing/hiding the extended signature info)
Fixed case where public key choice was still automatic even after user chose keys manually
Fixed initial automatic choice of key according to account
Fixed initial sign/encrypt settings, when they should be set by default
Fixed bug with disabled toolbar items on detached viewers
Fixed UI-compatibility problems with MailTags
Fixed bug with non-English locales
Fixed bug with 'Reply to All' button
No longer supports Tiger (10.4)
No longer supports Panther (10.3)

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(3.0)	Features:	(2.5)	Support:	(3.0)
Ease of Use:	(3.0)	Quality / Stability:	(3.0)	Price:	(3.0)

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Not yet Snow Leopard Ready - Version: 1.2, 9/20/2009 05:53PM PST

zunipus

The current version of GPGMail will NOT work in Snow Leopard.

Happily, a developer has volunteered to bring it up to compatibility with Apple Mail v4 (the version shipped with Snow Leopard) if Mail is set to 32-Bit mode via Get Info. This is not a perfect solution, but it will work.

The problem apparently is that the code for GPGMail is too old to work in 64-Bit mode. GPGMail will require a significant rewrite to work as 64-Bit, and there is no schedule as yet for the rewrite.

Meanwhile, PGP is also NOT Snow Leopard Ready. But an update for PDP is also in the works.

BTW: Please ignore the newbies who post nonsense about GPG 'not' working in Tiger or Leopard. It actually works perfectly. The problem, as usual, is that these people refuse to RTFM. Therefore, they have no idea how to get GPG to work. This is complicated software compared to most and is therefore not going to be adequately understood by many people. Their inability to use the software does NOT equate to the software not working. So there.