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How to... Encrypt
your e-mail by Matthew
Bacon
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![1](images/1.gif)
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Type your e-mail using
a text editor.
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![2](images/2.gif)
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Load EncrypSTer, select
the menu item New in the File menu and open the e-mail
you typed in Step 1 (this file is known as the source
file)..
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![3](images/3.gif)
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Select a destination
filename (if the filename does not exist, you'll need
to type it).
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![4](images/4.gif)
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Type a password and remember
to note it down somewhere safe so you won't forget it!
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![5](images/5.gif)
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Select the level of encryption
used by EncrypSTer (8-bit min. / 256-bit max.).
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![6](images/6.gif)
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Encrypt the file. To
decrypt the file repeat from Step 2 using the encrypted
file as the source file.
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![7](images/7.gif)
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Open your e-mail program,
begin writing an e-mail and attach the encrypted file
to your mail.
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![8](images/8.gif)
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Send the password to
the e-mail recipient in a separate e-mail along with
a copy of EncrypSTer (just in case they do not already
have a copy!). Click [here] to download
you free copy EncrypSTer. |
MyAtari magazine - DIY Workshop #1, October
2000
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