File encryption solutions

[mike.patterson at unb.ca (Mike Patterson)]

I actually find it's better on my Mac - I used to be good for one or two
beachballs a week in Thunderbird, sometimes more, with Enigmail.  0.9.6
has yet to beachball on me.  I actually went as far as starting to
switch over to Mail.app because it was pissing me off so much.

Getting back to the original topic myself :) - what everybody else said.
 gpg or TrueCrypt.

Mike

Mad Marv wrote on 7/24/09 12:57 AM:
> Speaking of Enigmail, is it (v0.96) borked for anyone other than me?
> For some reason it cannot find the path to GnuPG on my Vista laptop.  I
> input the path manually and it still doesn't execute gpg.exe.  I have to
> roll back to 0.95.7.
>
> Getting back to the original topic, I would use 7-zip w/ AES-256
> encryption if you have to send the file to a fairly unsophisticated
> group of users.  Getting them to install 7-zip is probably easy, but
> transmitting the key securely would be the hardest part.  Picking a
> strong key may be discouraged if you plan to call the recipient on the
> phone and read a long string random characters.  Even more so if you
> distribute the file among a large group of users.
>
> GPG is better if you are sending the file(s) to users who know what they
> are doing.  GPG4WIN should also have a plug-in for Outlook integration.
>  I've never tried it though.
>
> Marv
>
> David A. Gershman wrote:
> > I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet: GnuPG (http://gnupg.org/)
> > It's effectively free PGP.
>
> > It has a windows port (Gpg4Win) and integrates nicely into Mozilla
> > Thunderbird via the Enigmail plugin (both Win and Linux).
>
> > Anyone know if it works as well on MAC?
>
> > > > All,
> > > >
> > > > in the past i used PGP to encrypt file and send them off via email.
> > > > Looks like PGP is playing more in the commercial space these days.
> > > > What's everyone using for the purpose of encrypting files to be sent
> > > > offsite?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
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