Encrypting Data

12.6. GuardSettings

How to use the Guard settings:

  1. Click the Settings icon on the right side of the menu bar. Click the Settings menu item.

  2. Select Security in the side bar. Click on Guard.

  3. Change the settings.

The following settings are available.

Defaults

  • Default to send encrypted when composing e-mail Defines whether a new E-Mail is encrypted by default.

  • Default adding signature to outgoing e-mail messages Defines whether a new E-Mail is encrypted by default.

  • Remember password default Defines the time range default for Guard to remember the password. You can change this default when being asked for your Guard password.

Password management

Contains functions for changing or resetting the password

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Advanced

  • Show advanced settings Defines whether the Keys section is displayed. Those functions allow managing your own keys or public keys. If Show advanced settings is enabled, you can use additional options when sending encrypted E-Mail messages.

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Keys

Usually, the key management functions are not required for sending or receiving encrypted messages. Those functions can be useful though under the following circumstances:

  • You want to use your Guard PGP keys in other E-Mail clients, e.g. in local E-Mail clients.

  • You have PGP keys from other PGP applications. You want to use those keys in Guard.

  • You have an external partner's public key. In order to send encrypted messages to this external partner or verify received signed messages without having to access a key server, you want to import the partner's public key into Guard.

  • You want to provide your public key to an external partner in order to allow the external partner to send encrypted messages to you without the need to access a key server.

The following options are available:

  • Download my public key button Locally saves your public key.

  • Your keys button Opens the Your Keys dialogue window for managing your own keys.

  • Public keys of recipients button Opens the Your Keys dialogue window for managing public keys.

Parent topic: Encrypting Data