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OpenPGP courses in your country

KMail contains extensive support for the cryptography standard OpenPGP (encryption and signatures); KDE even contains a dedicated application for managing OpenPGP keys and using OpenPGP outside emails: KGpg. OpenPGP is free (both as in free beer and as in free speech) and very flexible; many other mail clients support OpenPGP either directly (like KMail) or via add-ons / plugins (e.g. Thunderbird; with certain limitations even Outlook).

It is desirable that you make yourself familiar with this subject. Using it is less complicated than you probably guess. Especially if you get help with the setup then it is possible even without in-depth knowledge to use the core functions without trade-offs in security.

In Germany there is a project for supporting and listing free OpenPGP courses. As soon as a similar projects exist for countries connected to this language they will be listed here.

OpenPGP information not specific to KMail

Not as useful as courses but as something to start with (still looking for web pages which offer explanations for beginners):

the base software: GnuPG

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-== OpenPGP-Schulungen in Deutschland ==
+== OpenPGP courses in your country ==
-KMail enthält umfangreiche [[KMail/PGP_MIME|Unterstützung für den Kryptografie-Standard OpenPGP]] (Verschlüsselung und Signaturen); KDE enthält sogar ein eigenes Programm für die Verwaltung von OpenPGP-Schlüsseln und der Verwendung von OpenPGP außerhalb von E-Mails: [[KGpg]] Sie können [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPGP OpenPGP] kostenlos und sehr flexibel nutzen; viele andere Mailprogramme unterstützen OpenPGP entweder direkt (wie KMail) oder über Add-ons / Plugins (z.B. Thunderbird; mit Einschränkungen auch Outlook).
+KMail contains extensive [[KMail/PGP_MIME|support for the cryptography standard OpenPGP]] (encryption and signatures); KDE even contains a dedicated application for managing OpenPGP keys and using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPGP OpenPGP] outside emails: [[KGpg]]. OpenPGP is free (both as in free beer and as in free speech) and very flexible; many other mail clients support OpenPGP either directly  (like KMail) or via add-ons / plugins (e.g. Thunderbird; with certain limitations even Outlook).
-Es ist erstrebenswert, dass Sie sich mit diesem Thema auseinandersetzen. Die Nutzung ist weniger kompliziert, als Sie wahrscheinlich denken. Insbesondere wenn Sie Hilfe bei der Einrichtung bekommen, ist auch ohne viel Fachwissen die Nutzung der wichtigsten Funktionen ohne Abstriche bei der Sicherheit möglich.
+It is desirable that you make yourself familiar with this subject. Using it is less complicated than you probably guess. Especially if you get help with the setup then it is possible even without in-depth knowledge to use the core functions without trade-offs in security.
-Es gibt in Deutschland ein Projekt zur Förderung kostenloser OpenPGP-Schulungen. Auf
+In Germany there is [http://www.openpgp-schulungen.de/ a project for supporting and listing free OpenPGP courses]. As soon as a similar projects exist for countries connected to this language they will be listed here.
-der folgenden Webseite finden Sie Informationen zum Thema und eine Übersicht
-von Orten, an denen regelmäßig kostenlose Schulungen stattfinden:
-                               http://www.openpgp-schulungen.de/
+== OpenPGP information not specific to KMail ==
+Not as useful as courses but as something to start with (still looking for web pages which offer explanations for beginners):
+* [http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/howtos.en.html the base software: GnuPG]