---
title: How to encrypt your emails with PGP using the Scaleway webmail
description: This page shows you how to encrypt your emails with PGP using the Scaleway webmail
tags: webhosting pgp webmail encryption encrypt
dates:
  validation: 2025-09-03
  posted: 2021-05-26
---
import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'
import WebhostingOnline from '@macros/webhosting/webhosting-online.mdx'

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import image2 from './assets/scaleway_once_generated.webp'
import image3 from './assets/scaleway_key_password.webp'
import image4 from './assets/scaleway_send_email.webp'


<WebhostingOnline />

The [webmail](https://webmail.online.net/) used at Scaleway to read your emails, offers options to encrypt your mails with PGP, helping to ensure:

- Confidentiality of emails
- That the sender is who they claim to be

<Message type="note">
  PGP encryption of your email includes a non-repudiation character. This means once the email is sent and received, you cannot deny having sent it.
</Message>

The [Scaleway webmail interface](https://webmail.online.net) currently offers one way of encrypting your emails: `Mailvelope`.

<Requirements />

- A Dedibox account logged into the Online [console](https://console.online.net)
- Created a **Webhosting Classic**
- Configured an email account

## How to configure Mailvelope

`Mailvelope` works on the client side and requires you to install an extension in your browser:

* [Extension for Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mailvelope/kajibbejlbohfaggdiogboambcijhkke).
* [Extension for Firefox](https://download.mailvelope.com/releases/latest/mailvelope.firefox.xpi).

1. Install the `Mailvelope` extension depending on the browser you use.
2. Once the extension is installed, click **Options**.
3. **Generate** or **import** an already existing key. You can keep the advanced parameters in their default values.
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4. Once generated or imported, the key appears in the list of available keys in the extension.
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5. Enter your Scaleway webmail interface and click the logo of the extension, then **Add**.

## How to write a PGP signed or encrypted email

1. Once you have configured the extension, go back to your webmail and open the interface for writing new emails.
2. Click the **icon of the extension** to write an email with PGP. A pop-up displays.
3. Write your email and click **sign** or **encrypt** the email.
4. Enter your key password:
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5. Click **OK**.

## How to encrypt and sign an email

1. Choose your identity in the drop-down box.
2. Choose the addressee of your email to be able to encrypt it with their public key.
    <Message type="note">
    To sign an email, you must choose your identity in both the drop-down box and **Encrypt for** section.
    </Message>

## How to send an email

1. Once you have been redirected after encrypting and/or signing, your email will appear in its final form in the window of the extension displaying:
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2. Click **Transfer** to transfer your email into your webmail's interface.
3. Once transferred, you can send the email from your interface.