From 8bec2b165c354a36cd5956dc1d1a52d82603b892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 21:59:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update mailpile docs --- doc/EN/app_mailpile.org | 28 +++---------------- website/EN/app_mailpile.html | 54 ++++++------------------------------ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/EN/app_mailpile.org b/doc/EN/app_mailpile.org index 7c53b6d8..34e6e448 100644 --- a/doc/EN/app_mailpile.org +++ b/doc/EN/app_mailpile.org @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ #+END_EXPORT -Mailpile provides a nice looking webmail interface suitable for use on desktop or mobile clients. It has pretty good support for email encryption and makes that quite an easy process. At present it's usable but still has some bugs and limitations. If you need a fully functional email client with comprehensive encryption support then either use Mutt or Thunderbird/Icedove. +Mailpile provides a nice looking webmail interface suitable for use on desktop or mobile clients. It has good support for email encryption and makes that quite an simple process. At present it's usable but still has a few bugs and limitations. If you need a fully functional email client with comprehensive encryption support then either use Mutt or Thunderbird/Icedove. An advantage of this type of webmail is that /it keeps your GPG keys off of any mobile devices/ so that if you lose your phone, or it gets stolen, then your email might still not be compromised. @@ -38,30 +38,10 @@ Enter your name, email address and password. Uncheck *Detect Settings* and click *Next*. -Under *Sending Mail* select *local*, then click *Next*. +Under *Sending Mail* select *local* or if you need to proxy outgoing email through your ISP's server select *SMTP/TLS* and enter the details, then click *Next*. Under *Receiving files* select *IMAP/TLS*, your main domain name, port *993*, your username and password, then click *Next*. -Under *Security and Privacy* click *Next*. +Under *Security and Privacy* either select your existing encryption key or if you only get the option to create a new one then do so, then click *Add* or *Save*. -Click on *Inbox* and then select *Browse for mailboxes*. If you have a lot of mail then this can take quite a long time. Meanwhile you can giggle at the messages under *Working...*. - -* Importing existing GPG keys - -Unfortunately this is broken in the current Mailpile version, so you can't import keys. But when it works this is probably how it will work: - -ssh into the Freedombone with: - -#+begin_src bash -ssh username@maindomainname -p 2222 -#+end_src - -Select *My encryption keys* - -Select *Show full PGP/GPG key*. Select the text of the full key and copy it, then paste it into a file on your local system. - -In a browser navigate to *yourmailpiledomain/contacts* - -Select *import encryption keys* followed by *upload key* - -Click *select encryption key* then choose the file you previously saved. +The process of importing your email should then occur, and can take some time. diff --git a/website/EN/app_mailpile.html b/website/EN/app_mailpile.html index 1809dca5..622d54ec 100644 --- a/website/EN/app_mailpile.html +++ b/website/EN/app_mailpile.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - + @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag.

-Mailpile provides a nice looking webmail interface suitable for use on desktop or mobile clients. It has pretty good support for email encryption and makes that quite an easy process. At present it's usable but still has some bugs and limitations. If you need a fully functional email client with comprehensive encryption support then either use Mutt or Thunderbird/Icedove. +Mailpile provides a nice looking webmail interface suitable for use on desktop or mobile clients. It has good support for email encryption and makes that quite an simple process. At present it's usable but still has a few bugs and limitations. If you need a fully functional email client with comprehensive encryption support then either use Mutt or Thunderbird/Icedove.

@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ An advantage of this type of webmail is that it keeps your GPG keys off of an One down side is that this appears to be a single user system, so if you have multiple users on your Freedombone server only the administrator will actually be able to use mailpile.

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If you're viewing your mail domain site on a mobile device via OrFox then make sure you allow the domain in the NoScript settings.

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-Under Sending Mail select local, then click Next. +Under Sending Mail select local or if you need to proxy outgoing email through your ISP's server select SMTP/TLS and enter the details, then click Next.

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-Under Security and Privacy click Next. +Under Security and Privacy either select your existing encryption key or if you only get the option to create a new one then do so, then click Add or Save.

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-Click select encryption key then choose the file you previously saved. +The process of importing your email should then occur, and can take some time.