-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi Kerry,
> How does my recipient open my encypted email? maybe I missed some context but the straight answer is: Using OpenPGP* you cannot encrypt a message without having received the receipient's key upfront and using that key to *encrypt to* that person(s key). It's the "secret key" part of your correspondent which makes the conversation private. If you forced Enigmail to encrypt your message without such key, then typically only you will be able to decrypt it, the receipient can't. So, again: To ENCRYPT, you only** need the receipient's "public key". To SIGN, you only need your "private key". To DECRYPT, the receipient needs his/her "private key". To VERIFY your signature, the receipient needs your "public key". Olav * I'm aware of symmetric mode, but this is not covered by any mail client I know of. ** Typically, Enigmail makes sure to encrypt to your (public) key also, so that you can read your sent messages (using your private key). - -- The Enigmail Project - OpenPGP Email Security For Mozilla Applications -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQGcBAEBCAAGBQJWafVYAAoJEKGX32tq4e9W8DEL/2hI7axRS89+pc7jIvAoWXgb y7eC2upwrckiN/CugZQ0xl8Ks6xhAv2kOOJZKrYDdjoTnjHj1YV33bqiKK5v3RBX mIaJUjZrlX4mGm1fFHNGYoyiGUugFpAt4Zp63GGEIde5FjhPVZlZmFMBFuYzXzlD zB+GI5HTcTbAJlr52A8RObEBC1UVIegEHnixj+xjjv2zfo3NRbArB7VbURymG0+V 90fs1Fgw8NCU0Kv1UcKrjALqTpTtARBpJFyj6LPV5sek+My4LW3gnmTqcujHR6k8 wVGfYFjoIb2P4J3Cuju3Ngk9j++NIx5p8+2qdKT2jTjnkoj6o5/AcmrS1MyOYItm 73yoyT/rn1nysWon6+HTkcMOjW0yfTh9UICoD6zFHF12dFFH46M0JE5U/TeMkGEy tLKbxbyJTA2FeBm0dSBnfHwbRS20lLTF1aQ9LXAL/HJHx26I8QPPOst8lx9I8j8H OoCpNyldVJ4pdefr+F4Q4vvvpQXJJd9PUfgGeMGwBA== =yagy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
