On 8 Jun 2019, at 17:13, Randy Bush wrote:
a gpg encrypted message arrives. i try my default key and fail. i
realize the sender has encrypted to a different key. i can not
figure
out how to get mm to let be retry the decryption.
clue?
Can this even be a thing???
It seems (based on what I see in the "Show Details" display of MM for
encrypted messages) that an encrypted message carries metadata about
which keys it is encrypted to, so GPG (called by MM ) is not going to
try the wrong key. For example, here's what a recent message's
"details" were:
ENC_TO D62C868FA61CAFA9 1 0
ENC_TO FD844AB0476CD12E 16 0
KEY_CONSIDERED 83EB18298975A0BBD8578A52DACD422676ABC38C 0
PINENTRY_LAUNCHED 38376 mac 1.1.0 - - -
KEY_CONSIDERED 83EB18298975A0BBD8578A52DACD422676ABC38C 0
DECRYPTION_KEY BC83DEE8C839B9F55D6EE253FD844AB0476CD12E
83EB18298975A0BBD8578A52DACD422676ABC38C u
KEY_CONSIDERED 1D77E507FB3967DFF4AFCA79AC49A3964DD8597D 0
NO_SECKEY D62C868FA61CAFA9
KEY_CONSIDERED 83EB18298975A0BBD8578A52DACD422676ABC38C 0
BEGIN_DECRYPTION
DECRYPTION_INFO 2 9
PLAINTEXT 74 1557324053
DECRYPTION_OKAY
GOODMDC
END_DECRYPTION
The "ENC_TO" lines are the key IDs of sub-keys for the one o0f
sender's keys and one of mine. GPG finds both key IDs in my keychain,
but only has a secret key for mine, which it uses for decryption.
one only looks at the details *after* the decrypt fails.
idiots such as i do not read the key name in the pop-up before
entering
the 'normal' (whatever that is) passphrase. then it fails.
Ah, OK. So there wasn't really an attempt to decrypt with the wrong key,
there was a failure to unlock/decrypt the right key.
then i can
not go back and pay attention and do it properly.
Have you tried resetting the message in MM?
--
Bill Cole
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(AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)
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