Hi Roland,

On 06.06.17 15:32, Roland Siemons wrote:
> Dear Enigmail,
> 
> Using TB 52.1.1 + Enigmail

Which Enigmail version are you running?

> When upon opening a saved draft email message for further editing, I
> receive the following error:
> "Enigmail Alert
> Enigmail Security Info
> Error - no matching private secret key found to decrypt message
> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key
> Note: The message is encrypted for the following User ID's / Keys:
> 0x1594F1502D7EF3B9 (Roland Siemons <[email protected]>)"
> 
> That's my key! I usually can decrypt messages encrypted for myself. So,
> why can't I now?

GnuPG found that your key was not accessible. Did you cancel the
Pinentry passphrase dialog?

> Why does TB at all encrypt that draft message? Can I instruct
> TB/Enigmail to refrain from doing that? (It seems useless to me)

Enigmail does not know (and can't know) where email drafts are stored.
Many people use IMAP draft folders on the server, so not encrypting
drafts is a safety risk, that's why this feature was introduced.

Ludwig

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