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What do I do after I install Tiger Envelopes?

The installer's last panel tells you whether you need to do anything else or not. Usually, you can simply continue using your mail client the way you always have.
If you don't remember what the installer's panel said, then start Tiger's control panel. If the status tab appears, then click the Start button if Tiger's not running. If the accounts dialog pops up, then enter the details for an email account that you want Tiger to protect. Add as many accounts that you want. Exit Tiger's control panel to save any changes.

If you're not sure whether Tiger configured your client, then start your mail client after you exit Tiger's control panel. Look at the Preferences or Options for your email account(s). If the incoming and outgoing mail servers, also known as hosts, are 127.0.0.1, then Tiger configured your accounts. Otherwise, configure your accounts now.

As soon as Tiger is running and your mail client is configured, you send and receive mail the way you always have. Tiger will protect all messages you exchange with anyone that Tiger has a privacy key. When you correspond with others using Tiger Envelopes, then Tiger will swap privacy keys the first time you exchange messages. If someone doesn't use Tiger, then suggest that they install it. Otherwise, if they use one of the popular encryption programs, then you'll need to send your key to them, and get their key.

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