+# Thunderbird Configuration on Windows for Secure Mail
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+
+## Compose your first secure e-mail
+
+ 1. Presumably you know of someone who already has a GPG key :)
+ 1. Compose an e-mail to this person and click the *OpenPGP* button
+ * (./) Sign Message
+ * (./) Encrypt Message
+ * (./) Use PGP/MIME (*should already be checked*)
+ * click *OK*
+ 1. Be sure to *CC:* or *Bcc:* yourself
+ 1. Proceed to the [[Next|thunderbird11]] step
+
+[[!img tbird10.png align=left]]