How to send encrypted files using PGP?

@fayad typo fixed, thanks! Were you trying to configure an autistici mailbox?

@praveenarimbrathod I tried my gmail and another imap account hosted on a shared server.

@praveenarimbrathod what do u think of proton mail?? .. I was on their waiting list ti sign up and I just received a mail from them saying that my account is ready.. I heard encryption is done on our computers (end to end) and I've read a Lotta positive comments about porotonmail.. Servers are also located in Switzerland, a country best known for privacy

@praveenarimbrathod - "there is a gsoc proposal for conversations to add TextSecure protocol for asynchronous communications.".. I dint really get u there.. Sorry, Im not that good wid computers so.. If u could explain..

@praveenarimbrathod - just registered with protonmail.. thought ill share FAQ about it .. got it in the welcome email soon after i registered...
http://pastebin.com/uhLJvmfi

@arjun axolotl is the protocol used by TextSecure for asynchronous communications. There is a Google summer of code proposal to implement the same protocol in conversations app. If that is completed, xmpp with conversations will be as reliable as TextSecure or WhatsApp. They are planning to publish it as an XEP so other clients can implement the same.

@arjun protonmail has a big security flaw, they use JavaScript for encryption and if somehow their server is compromised, we lose our security. Search Aaron Siego+ protonmail

@praveenarimbrathod so would u say that the most secure way to an email would be to use PGP right? .. and what would you say about the "Mailvelope" add on for chromium .. uses PGP and is easy to use too .. thanks for the info!

@arjun there can be more secure ways that protects the metadata as well. Run your own mailserver. Dark Mail would make things even better. Mailvelope does not support attachments yet.

@praveenarimbrathod - run my own mailserver? .. How do i do that? Like i mentioned earlier , i dont really have a good computer science background .. I use gpg4usb and mailvelope as of now.. gpg4usb encrypts files too..

@arjun get a vps hosting and install mail server software like exim and courier on it.

@arjun it would cost more, but that would give better security. If not individually, a group of friends can share a vps. We are currently setting up such a server.

On a larger setup I would recommend Zimbra mail server, its open source release. https://www.zimbra.com/products/secure-collaboration-tools-overview
Opensource release offers almost everything except we are on our own.

It is highly scalable, mailboxes can run distributed. Provisioning and management are done by zimbra admin, just like a podmin. @praveenarimbrathod

Can K-9 email client on Android be trusted, won't access emails or push mail to their servers ? Whiteout's mobile app gives "Handshake failure" errors.

k-9 mail is Apache2 licensed and open-source. I guess they barely have money to run a server at all. Anyhow when you're in doubt about an app you can check f-droid about it. They warn you about potential data theft. Here's k-9 on f-droid

@fayadfami - yeah whiteout doesn't work on my android either.. Kitkat 4.4

A bug report was filed under webmail by our own @praveenarimbrathod https://github.com/whiteout-io/mail-html5/issues/238 followed by an enhancement.

From what I understand the mobile app will work too when the certificate is acknowledged by whiteout. This is for autistici mail.

Which account are you trying with @arjun ?

@fayadfami - live.com..