Hi, all LINUX-enthusiasts, I've a gigantic but also a very commmon problem. How can I encrypt E-Mail, without the social dependency from others? For example: If You will send E-Mail to 'receiver', You must be aware of a fact, that not only technical problems, with You have resolved was the main-problem, but also the fact, that an 'sender' is dependend from the receiver's will, to expose an: A) 1.) public-key -->PGP and GPG 2.) user-ID and password -->SSH, stelnet .. 3.) Certificate -->via TrustCenter or openSSL and so on. So it is unpossible to mail encrypted E-Mails without the conditions below. B) Another way to built encrypted E-Mail is to use openSSL. OK! These feature is - unfortunately - interesting for an 'receiver'. So, if an 'sender' create an ROOT-Certificate and expose these to an appropriate Server and a receiver come now to the idea to send encrypted E-Mail to 'sender', he/she must only look for my exposed certificate and can encrypt HIS E-Mail with my Certificate to send ME. Now, that's the direction 'receiver-->sender', but NOT in my sense. My sense is to direct E-Mail from 'sender-->receiver', from me to anybody. For this case the 'sender' have an look to receivers Certificate. But in the most cases he can't find any. I draw the conclusion: It's unpossible to encrypt E-Mail in these way. Q1) Is there a way via e.g features, which I've not take in consideration or an tool or else or even an underground-solution, by which E-Mail-encryption is ultimative possible? I find, that a satisfied solution is in interest of all, which wish to have a serious E-Mail-Correspondens. Thanks for good ideas. bye! GJ e