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Purpose:

Exports your own public key from your key ring into a file that you can send to others so they can send you encrypted messages.

This routine can also prepare an e-mail for you to send the key.

(Regarding the export of your own secret key: see bottom of page)

Steps:

1. Main Menu | Key Management | Export Own Key
2. If you have more than one own key, the program asks you which one you want to work on.
3. Screen: Export Key into Mail or File? Make your choice. OK
1. If you chose to send by mail, the program prepares an e-mail with the exported key as an attachment. The program uses you current mail settings for this.
2. If you choose to export into a file on disk, the program opens a window:
1. The Browse button lets you change file directory and name. (It does not save the export key file.)
2. Click OK to save the export key file to disk.
4. Success message: OK.

Done.

Exporting your own secret key:

As a program targeted at users with little experience with encryption and key management, InstantCrypt does not facilitate the export of secret keys to protect the user from sending it away by mistake.

For experience users: You can access your secret key in the file "secring.gpg" in the folder "Keys" in Instantcrypt's folder. You can import this file into another PGP encryption program and use it there or export your secret keys from there. You can also use GPG included with Instantcrypt (in the directory GPG) and use the command line commands.