https://www.xga.ie/tags/pgp/Recent content in PGP on XGAHugoen-gbFri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.xga.ie/posts/pgp-signing-emails/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.xga.ie/posts/pgp-signing-emails/<h2 id="what-is-this-post"> What is this post? <a class="heading-link" href="#what-is-this-post"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>This post contains a few hints to prove PGP encryption is working on Thunderbird or your PGP mail client of choice. This post is not a guide for configuring PGP or Thunderbird.</p> <h2 id="background"> Background <a class="heading-link" href="#background"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>Email isn&rsquo;t secure and we shouldn&rsquo;t trust a thing we receive. We should know that by now. If you don&rsquo;t, <a href="https://jrs-s.net/2025/10/30/please-stop-trusting-email/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">see this article from Jim Salter</a>.</p>