[ale] pgp snafu

Jeremy T. Bouse jeremy.bouse at undergrid.net
Tue Feb 13 21:19:41 EST 2007


	Have you made sure that you set the "encrypt to self" option if it has
one? I personally use Thunderbird with Enigmail. I set the "encrypt to
self" option so that I can read my sent emails later if I need to.

	Regards,
	Jeremy

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> Suddenly noticed that I can not read my own encrypted emails.
> 
> That is,  if I send out an encrypted email, the copy stored in my
> "sent-mail" folder is encrypted and I can NOT read it.
> I get the message: "Encrypted message (decryption not possible)
> Reason: Crypto plug-in "openpgp" could not decrypt the data.
> Error: Bad passphrase"
> 
> If I send myself an encrypted email, I get the same error message.
> 
> I checked and the software is using the correct key. Or at least it
> says it is.
> 
> I'm using Kmail v. 1.9.1 on an FC3 box.  Encryption was working fine
> two weeks ago. What is supposed to happen is a dialog box pops up
> asking me to input my passphrase.  Now I do not see that box.
> 
> Clues would be appreciated.
> 
> Sean
> 
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