Have you ever emailed personal details, finances, credit card details etc to someone via email? If you send an email to someone who doesn't use EncryptUs, then your emails are sent as usual. There's nothing special or different you need to do.ĮncryptUs operates invisibly in the background, encrypting and decrypting emails automatically as it manages your cryptographic keys.ĮncryptUs works when someone else you send an email is also using EncryptUs, then all your email communications together are automatically encrypted. Once it's installed, you still send and receive emails as you normally would. The email cannot be read by anyone else while it is in transit. It does this by encrypting the contents of each email so that only the recipient can read it. If you lose these key words or QR code you won't be able to decrypt your emails.ĮncryptUs makes sending emails safe. You can do this easily by selecting the backup option and you'll be give a list of words to write down, or a QR code to copy.
Yes, this is very important if you have purchased your own key. This can be removed upon buying a license. EncryptUs does add a byline to the email footer of the free version which states they can install the software to have encrypted emails between each other. The need for the recipient to also have EncryptUs installed is a pretty common complaint of email encryption software, hence why EncryptUs doesn't force it or change the way you work. Otherwise all your emails will be sent as they normally are. Yes, only if you want to send encrypted emails between each other. Does the recipient also need to have FireMail with EncryptUs installed? They need to be downloaded to Firemail where they are decrypted. Your email will be decrypted in your email program but will remain encrypted on the server.Īnother point to note is if you are receiving encrypted email, and decide to read messages via webmail, you won't be able to read them. IMAP stores the email on the server and downloads it when requested.
Once an encrypted email is downloaded to your Firemail, it is decrypted so you can read and store it (and search for it). No, your emails are only encrypted during transit. Do my emails stay encrypted in my email program? Just send an encrypted email using the padlock send icon, and any recipient also using FireMail will be able to read that email when it's decrypted upon entering their device. How do I use EncryptUs?ĮncryptUs is really easy and totally automatic to use. Since FireMail uses IMAP to retrieve your emails then you'll always have a copy of your email in all locations. Yes, you can use FireMail as your primary email program, or use it as a complement to an existing email program when you need to use email encryption.
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