Secure Email Project

I have recently completed the secure email project using the email client mozilla Thunderbird.  Below is a screenshot of my inbox using thunderbird after recieving reply emails from the professor of the class.  The project was completely new to me but I think it will end up being very beneficial for me to learn this in my future business endeavors.

http://articles.boston.com/2008-09-18/news/29271333_1_govpalin-account-palin-s-yahoo-mails

Above is a link to an article about Sarah Palin's email account being hacked during her run for vice presidency with John McCain in 2008.  The hackers got access to a lot of private emails to other politicians in Alaska and around the country.  This could have been avoided by encrypting the important and very private messages that she would not want to get out.  None of us expect to have our email accounts hacked but by encrypting the important messages it only protects you and the recipients of the messages from people that shouldn't be able to view the messages.