Freeware Private Idaho    Using PGP  for strong Encryption..

Based on  Private Idaho,   Private Idaho Email will give you secure mail using strong encryption, it also provides utilities to help you maintain your privacy such as creation of Nyms and the use of remailers.  To see how to send a anonymous and encrypted message, click here. 

Screen Shots:   To see some screen shots from this version of Private Idaho, click here.

Private Idaho Manual:   Manual is available in  HTML document. (note you may need to right click  to download this file)  Now updated to give a better description of the Private Idaho folders and how they are used.  Also a section on how MIME attachments are sent through Remailers has been added and a description of the icons used in the Inbox is also given.   A user sent in this great version of the PI manual organised in a more "How to" format. Click Here.  to download this pdf version.

Installation Problems:  For a list of possible installation problems and workarounds click here.  To see a typical set-up for access to an Exchange Server, click here.

Hints:

• You can drag and drop attachments into the Message Area and don't forget that all messages go to the 'outbox' first.  You need to click the 'send and receive' menu item or set the automatic send and receive option.  
• Also if you receive a MIME message through a remailer, then click on the button to decode the message.  Because remailers don't understand MIME, Private Idaho first makes a composite MIME message comprising the message body and the attachment and then sends it through the remailer.   Use this button to decode the message into a message body and attachment.
• Also, if you have received a HTML enclosure or text, then click on the button to switch to HTML rendering.  PI will attempt to detect HTML content first, but the above button will force the switch.

What do you need? Private Idaho will function as a normal, stand-alone, e-mail client, however if you wish to exploit it's full functionality by encrypting messages and using using remailers (CypherPunk/Type I), then you need PGP Version 5/6.   You can get most PGP versions from http://www.pgpi.com.   If you wish to also use mixmaster remailers( Type II) then you can get mixmaster from The Sourceforge .(make sure  you use mix2b45) or here  ftp://utopia.hacktic.nl/pub/crypto/remailer/mixmaster

New in Version 5.3.7

• Encrypt to Self" for sent messages.  Now when you send an encrypted message, you can also select an automatic Encrypt to Self option that will save a copy of the encrypted to you in your sent folders.  This way you can keep a Self Encrypted copy of all the messages that you have sent.

• Improvement in saving messages.  Messages in the "Drafts" area are more intelligently handled, so that copies are not saved but the original is just updated.

• Greatly improved dragging and dropping between folders.

• Now select multiple messages when dragging between folders - this is a major benefit when you have a large number of messages in one particular folder.

• Other minor Improvements

New in Version 5.3.11 (First in 6 years!)

• Added authentication option to be able to connect servers requiring authentication

• Minor improvements, including better HTML rendering in messages

To see what'sclick here.	Size	Download
PI32 5.3.10 Full Version	7.5M Bytes

Features:

Integrated File Safe so you can drag and drop your files into
Preview and delete messages before downloading
You can create your own Mail groups
Posting to newsgroups, with automatically file splitting for large attachments
Auto-scan for PGP messages, with built in interval timer
An integrated JET3 database which handles your incoming and outgoing messages and nym storage
Improved printing, and notification of attachments.
Add your own remailers - the process of updating during loading of PI32 is now very fast.
Tell PI where to find updated Remailer stats and select which Key Server to use
Mixmaster does NOT have to be in the PI directory and supports multi-part mixmaster messages
Mail is now stored in folders
UU-Encoding and Base 64 encoding is available
Just send emails without trying to retrieve them at the same time. This will help people who do not have access to a POP server all the time
Better handling of newsgroup postings.
Splitting of large files now supported for posting to newsgroups.
Multiple Cipher and HASH algorithms now available

References:

     Older versions of the Help file are available here and here.  Time permitting there will be a PI32 version.
     This version works very well with mixmaster.  If you don't have Mixmaster, it is available from here.(make sure  you use mix2b45).  Another link for mixmaster is ftp://utopia.hacktic.nl/pub/crypto/remailer/mixmaster
      Site dedicated to OpenPGP
     If you don't have PGP 5 or 6 is available here, here or here
     New to PI and encryption? Then click here
     For an excellent compilation of PI-related resources, click here

If you have questions or suggestions regarding PIv5 or bug reports

Last updated: Sunday, 26. October 2008