You should have your mailclient and your email account fully configured before
proceeding to the installation of Enigmail.
5.3. Installing Enigmail
Download the latest version of Enigmail suitable for your mailclient and
operating system from http://enigmail.mozdev.org/download .
Enigmail comes as a XPI file which is the standard extension for Mozilla plug-
ins. The latest Enigmail version is 1.0.0, which can be installed on Thunderbird
3.0 and SeaMonkey 2.0.1 and higher. If you have an older mailclient, you must
install a previous version of Enigmail accordingly: for instance, version 0.97a
can be installed on SeaMonkey 2.0, and version 0.96.0 can be installed on
Thunderbird 2.0 and SeaMonkey 1.1. The Enigmail download page will help
you in automatically identify and download the correct version.
Screenshots throughout this handbook mostly show Enigmail 0.96.0 on
SeaMonkey 1.1 (Modern theme) running under Windows XP, and a few show
Enigmail 0.97a on SeaMonkey 2.0. If your installation is different concerning
the Enigmail version, mailclient, or operating system, there will be minor
differences in the GUI but functionalities will be the same.
5.3.1. Installing Enigmail on Thunderbird
You need to right-click on the download link and choose Save link as....
This is important especially for Firefox users, as Thunderbird and Firefox both
use the XPI extension for their plug-ins. If you click on the download link,
Firefox will try to install Enigmail as a Firefox plug-in, which will not work. Use
Save link as... instead and save the XPI file on your machine.
Start Thunderbird. In the menu bar of the main window, select Tools →
Add-ons to bring up the Thunderbird Add-ons Manager window.
Select Extensions, then click the Install button and tell Thunderbird where you
saved the Enigmail XPI file. Another window will pop open, warning that you're
about to install a plug-in. Confirm your decision.
You will then need to restart Thunderbird. Once Thunderbird has restarted,
Enigmail will be ready to go.
5.3.2. Installing Enigmail on SeaMonkey
If you use SeaMonkey, clicking on the download link will work fine. As already
said, SeaMonkey integrates a browser and an email client, hence you can
install directly from the browser any XPI plug-in for the email client or for the
browser itself. Just confirm that you want to install the plug-in when you're
asked to.
You will then need to restart SeaMonkey. Once SeaMonkey has restarted,
Enigmail will be ready to go.
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