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This is a quick run though of the files in this folder and a basic setup.

chromeExtension : This is the chrome extension , you need to pack it wil chrome to distribute it or you can load it as is.

gmailGPG : This is the gpg plugin and is what interacts with the the gpg bin installed on your machine. To compile this you need to grab the FireBreath project from here. Place this folder in the projects folders and run the prep command for your system.

Encrypting a message : The extension is hopefully easy enough to use , open up a gmail window(mail.thinkst.com) to begin. To encrypt a new message use the compose button as normal , but you will notice that there is a encrypt link next to the Rich Formatting link.

Clicking the button will encrypt the message that you are typing with the public key for the current recepients. If they are not found in your local pc keyring a error message will be displayed.

If no recepients or message is enterd a error message will be displayed.

Decrypting a message : Start of by clicking a email thread , this will show all mails in that thread. Below each mail in the a Decrypt message link will be shown.

Clicking the link will prompt you for your passphrase with which to decrypt the message, a error will be show if no valid gpg data can be found or if the passphrase is incorrect.

Note : If at any time a decrypt or encrypt link is not visible please mouse over the actual composing form or your message thread (when reading old mails).

Note : There is some flakyness with the multiple user encryption especially if the user does not exist in your keyring.

Note : The default paths are requirements in the extension are tempPath = /tmp/ gpgPath = /opt/local/bin/

   If your paths are different you can change them from the
   options menu for the chrome extension.

Final Note : All the dev was done on a mac and I was unable to get libgpgme to build and include into a app directly , if you can provide me with direct info please feel free to message me.