Problems with encrypted email
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I have the Enigmail extension for Thunderbird to make work GnuPG. But I sent an email to another account that I have, but in the body instead of appearing what I wrote, appeared this:
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Charset: utf-8
Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux)
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tQt5HbkcfZ4WS3XmQXaUXARLcxoC5BCALqXCfhNMVYtFjrfxNExI9IwhXXAasQco
Mot9YwGjNDQWB5sxIq7IxD+Q3d3QTfdUwOK0tyHqZs5/xfVWzHG31R8tfegYFwLN
DMoxOGczGDhhfd3y7IaVvWMbGff1axbshpyjI80z9/1NsQDUDW7+taNl3USac+84
Q0e34AVmEn/ZeJFo3BE+VK+DedBbZsVdzfe0Cg7iDna3PSGURcpHUbauVhcVuVCh
u/ak0JYX1FVKUkHSLbWIm4oIZ7yIUkCb+7e2DtbMoQgAxhwRMZeoBTM6jhjz6VM+
XKDiksPi5dlBQvyZ/tIPPW9wSMaf4Hft7eLH9KooQAAe016rg/kVLCcF+TA9QoYw
S4O2OXZfOczMfIaEESSUaGns5cL9sQv6tgwpMcKXuEJlNyCQQhe2L1KSkLCHQE3x
Spr/0qwUrpiAGWC/Qs8hsUmHSTp1Cwgn1Y4N/A4wGh5P1cZhpu2BY0UEMMBlXQzE
VN9bt4SnDqgeqCOAcGKcKRA1VgOxjeDY/cD6cxMCkpB/n+5a+YhL3W3tu7jx5csY
kj0kcus8/zaOQ+/kWMHOkXbFTtzFJ1PL+9V0L3YZ78C0JqHhuhsc4ZxCiZ0nkavU
2dJUAX3mVKH8qBV7++Z8tV9VuBXBfgURfEsikOpXVIJ2RF5o+nRRR9VDEXD4aMab
lgWFvChGS0HvxxK/ICDlxHBkhZyQzQSguhRMIO2KASgB38kqAWyB
=Msh9
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
I tried like 4 times and I still don´t get what I write. Why this happens? How can I solve that?
I sent an email to another account...
The client you read those emails with, does it support GPG? Have you imported the public key of the sender?
Obviously the email was sent encrypted to other account and you don't know how to decrypt it. The question is rather if you really wish to encrypt emails that you send?
As if you wish, you need to generate secret and public keys for both email accounts of yours. The receiving account must have the secret key to decrypt the email that was sent to him.
You always use public keys of the receiver to send emails to them.
Receivers always use secret keys to decrypt and read the emails.
There is excellent manual for you to understand they basics: https://gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html
The receiving account must have the secret key to decrypt the email that was sent to him.
It uses its own secret (private) key and the public key of the sender.
@MagicBanana, I use GnuPG for years. Receiver need only his own secret key for decryption. Not the public key of the sender. Public key is used to encrypt email to the receiver. Try it out and correct me if I am wrong.
Sender uses receivers public key to encrypt. Receiver uses the secret key to decrypt.
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