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Hi readers,

Tonight I was looking for a secure email service. Not a basic mail provider which offer SSL (IMAP/POP/SMTP) connexions, but also that every email and attached file is store in a secure way. I have found the following website :

• PKI is hiden through the website. So you can only send and read the email body using the website
• sendinc service. It seems that you can only send email through the website. It is free and ,restricted to send 20 emails a day
• thruinc
• zsentry and zmail The free version is restrict to send 5 email (no limit about receiving)
• opolis runs only on Windows and MacOS.You need to install a software. It is free to use today.
• s-mail service, no software to install.
• husmail is not so good according to the wikipedia article
• a short list of various secure email solutions
• These ones provide PGP / GPG/ PKI like facilities:
• safe-mail, a free account gives you 3MB of mailbox, with a sign certificate,
• comodo secure email free for personnal use, installs a software, runs only under Windows. It seems to be a PGP / GPG kind of solution, but easier to set up and to use for the mass.

And some reason about using such services:

• using secure mail service is easier for the mass than using GPG / PGP

You can also add a GPG proxy on your local windows PC:
GPG Relay for windows

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