mu4e and email encryption

[jman]

Hi,

I've tried a workflow to encrypt and decrypt emails. While the documentation at (info "(mu4e)
Signing and encrypting") and
https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/Signing-and-encrypting.html

is correct, it was for me slightly incomplete/confusing. Here's some notes and questions.

1) To encrypt and sign it is suggested using:
`M-x mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgp`
`M-x mml-secure-message-sign-pgp`

IIUC mu4e uses EasyPG so wouldn't be more practical suggesting mnemonics like
`M-x epa-mail-encrypt`
`M-x epa-mail-sign`

2) is there a way or a setting to automatically decrypt an email when opening it in ita
*mu4e-article* buffer?

thanks

[Dirk-Jan C. Binnema]

On Saturday May 02 2026, 'jman' via mu-discuss wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've tried a workflow to encrypt and decrypt emails. While the documentation at
> (info "(mu4e) Signing and encrypting") and
> https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/Signing-and-encrypting.html
>
> is correct, it was for me slightly incomplete/confusing. Here's some notes and questions.
>
> 1) To encrypt and sign it is suggested using:
> `M-x mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgp`
> `M-x mml-secure-message-sign-pgp`
>
> IIUC mu4e uses EasyPG so wouldn't be more practical suggesting mnemonics like
> `M-x epa-mail-encrypt`
> `M-x epa-mail-sign`

The documentation might be outdated, so I'd welcome someone to update it
to current best practices. Perhaps you?

Kind regards,
Dirk.


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Dirk-Jan C. Binnema Helsinki, Finland
e:dj...@djcbsoftware.nl w:www.djcbsoftware.nl
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[jman]

"Dirk-Jan C. Binnema" <dj...@djcbsoftware.nl> writes:

> The documentation might be outdated, so I'd welcome someone to update it
> to current best practices. Perhaps you?

I'll be happy to help and submit a patch for review, but since there are tutorials around relying on
/your/ documentation (f.e. this one[0]), before breaking things allow me first to ask around about
best practices :)

(In case anyone has suggestions, feel free to advice).

[0]: https://systemcrafters.net/emacs-mail/compose-and-send-email/