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Old 10-16-2009, 03:02 PM   #1
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Is is possible/practical to encrypt large attachments with GPG?

Is is possible/practical to encrypt large attachments with GPG?

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You might need to define "large" and what you think the barriers to using GPG are.
 
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You might need to define "large" and what you think the barriers to using GPG are.
By large I mean 1MB or larger.
 
Old 10-16-2009, 03:58 PM   #4
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Yes, that is not a problem for GnuPG. The mail server may prevent large attachments, but GnuPG won't balk on encrypting them.
 
  


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