I've been encrypting and decrypting email on the same remote server. I was under the impression that this was a security risk because it meant having the public and private keys on the same machine. I tried importing the public key to my local system and decrypting via enigmail but I got "Error - secret key needed to decrypt message". I imported the private key locally and now it decrypts fine, but I have both keys on the same system again.
My understanding of GPG is weak. Can someone point out my misconception(s)? - Grant
