Hi Oliver,

On 12.04.17 15:42, Oliver Jay wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm confused. I have send some mails using Enigmail through Thunderbird,
> but one of the "victims" could read any of the mail.
> 
> How does others decrypt my message?

Not only you, but also they need an OpenPGP key pair and suitable
software. And each of you need to have (and verify) the public key of
your recipients.

> In the encryption menu, you choose a
> reciepent and there's only my name. Is this like it should?

You can only communicate securely with those who have a suitable setup
(software and own key pair), and after you have exchanged and verified
each others public keys.

> Or do i have made an error with Enigmail/encryption?

No, you didn't. You only tried too early :-)

If you want to read more, please go here:
https://enigmail.wiki/Introduction_to_Cryptography,_PGP,_and_Enigmail

HTH

Ludwig

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