BEGINNING STEPS

1. Go to https://www.mailvelope.com/ and

click the link to install the plugin

2. Approve the installation of the plugin

3. After the plugin is installed, close all

windows and restart your browser. If you

don’t do this the next steps won’t work.

4. We will now create a set of keys for you.

CLICK THE MAILVELOPE BUTTON ON THE TOOLBAR.

SELECT OPTIONS.

SELECT THE “GENERATE KEY.”

FILL IN THE

INFORMATION, MAKE

SURE TO CREATE A

VERY STRONG

PASSWORD

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THEN CLICK “SUBMIT.”

WAIT FOR THE PASSWORD TO BE GENERATED. IT MAY

TAKE SOME TIME DEPENDING ON YOUR MACHINE.

CLICK ON “DISPLAY KEYS.” THE FIRST ONE SHOULD BE

YOUR NEW KEYS.

CLICK “EXPORT” AND THEN “SEND PUBLIC KEY BY EMAIL.”

THIS IS YOUR NEW PUBLIC KEY. THIS CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO

ANYONE YOU WANT TO SEND YOU ENCRYPTED EMAILS. THIS

CANNOT BE USED TO DECRYPT, SO YOU CAN PUT IT OUT ON

THE INTERNET PUBLICALLY WITH NO CONCERNS. YOU CAN

SEND IT AS PLAIN TEXT (MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE ALL THE

TEXT IN THE BOX, INCLUDING THE DASHES) OR AS A FILE.

WHEN SOMEONE EMAILS YOU HIS OR HER KEY IT WILL

MOST LIKELY APPEAR LIKE THIS.

GO TO MAILVELOPE OPTIONS AND CLICK “IMPORT KEYS.”

COPY AND PASTE THE TEXT FULLY FROM THE EMAIL (BE

SURE TO INCLUDE ALL THE DASHES) INTO THE TEXT BOX

AND CLICK “SUBMIT.”

IF MAILVELOPE DETECTS A KEY IN AN EMAIL YOU CAN

AUTOMATICALLY IMPORT THE KEY WITHOUT COPYING AND

PASTING. JUST CLICK THE KEY BUTTON IF IT APPEARS OVER

THE EMAIL.

WHEN WRITING A NEW EMAIL THIS BUTTON WILL APPEAR.

WHEN DONE, CLICK “ENCRYPT.”

IN THE BOX THAT POPS UP TYPE YOUR MESSAGE THAT

YOU’D LIKE TO ENCRYPT.

IN THIS BOX YOU WILL CHOOSE WHICH OTHER

PERSON’S PUBLIC KEY TO ENCRYPT THE MESSAGE

WITH. YOU CAN CHOOSE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO CAN

DECRYPT THE MESSAGE. YOU MAY WISH TO PUT YOUR

OWN NAME IN THERE AS WELL; OTHERWISE YOU WILL

NOT BE ABLE TO READ YOUR OWN EMAIL LATER ON.

THEN CLICK “OK.”

THIS WILL THEN SHOW THE ENCRYPTED TEXT. CLICK

“TRANSFER” WHICH WILL COPY AND PASTE THE TEXT

AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE EMAIL YOU’RE CREATING.

MAKE SURE YOU’VE ADDRESSED THE EMAIL

CORRECTLY, ADDED A SUBJECT AND THEN SEND AS

NORMAL.

WHEN AN ENCRYPTED EMAIL IS DETECTED,

MAILVELOPE WILL ADD A LETTER ICON OVER THE TEXT.

CLICK IT TO START THE DECRYPTION.

TYPE IN THE PASSWORD FOR YOUR PRIVATE KEY THAT

YOU SET DURING THE KEY GENERATION AND PRESS

“OK.”

YOU WILL THEN BE ABLE TO READ THE MESSAGE.