The .pgp extension means that the attachment is still encrypted. You need to decrypt that attachment, the easiest way is to right-click on it and select Decrypt and Open or Decrypt and Save As. Use whatever program you normally would for the attachment.
If you use PGP/MIME you will not have to deal with .pgp attachments, as the attachment will be decrypted at the same time as the content of the email. Michael Bill Haas wrote: > Michael, > Sorry to bother you again, but I tried sending a message using inline, > and the attachment name was Readme.en.txt which was a text file. > It automatically decrypted that file and put it in the message body as > well as putting it as an attachment which when right clicked, asked me > to open it with an application in this case wordpad. > The attachment I could not open had a file name ending in .pgp, that > would not open. > Thanks, > Bill > > On 8/16/2014 5:30 PM, Michael Carbone wrote: >> Hi Bill, >> This is the difference between inline PGP and PGP/MIME. You are >> apparently used to PGP/MIME, where the email message and any attachment >> are encrypted & signed together in one bundle (and decrypted in one >> bundle), while with inline PGP the email message and attachments are >> encrypted & signed separately (and decrypted separately). >> >> It is worth highlighting that with inline PGP the name of the attachment >> is not encrypted, just as the subject line of an encrypted email is not >> encrypted. So if you think you have documents with sensitive names, you >> should suggest to your correspondent to use PGP/MIME. >> >> PGP/MIME is the recommended setting nowadays, however some older & less >> robust email clients like Outlook don't have PGP/MIME functionality, >> only inline PGP. With Enigmail you can choose which you use: >> >> Account Settings --> OpenPGP Security --> Use PGP/MIME by default >> >> Michael >> >> Bill Haas wrote: >>> I have received an attachment from a correspondent with what they said >>> was a .pdf file. However the attachment came as an .pgp file. >>> When I try to open it it gives me the choice to Decrypt and open, but >>> when I do it asks what application I want to use. Normally when I >>> receive an encrypted message with attachment it just opens the file. >>> Am I doing something wrong here? >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> enigmail-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: >>> https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> enigmail-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: >> https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> enigmail-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: >> https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net -- Michael Carbone Tech & Policy Manager Access | https://www.accessnow.org GPG: 0x81B7A13E Fingerprint: 25EC 1D0F 2D44 C4F4 5BEF EF83 C471 AD94 81B7 A13E
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