On Tuesday 25 December 2018 05:24:13 Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > merry christmas! > > Yesterday I stumbled over a small understanding problem. I wanted to > send an encrypted mail to a friend. Of course I got his public key. > > But when I want to create the mail, I got stuck. Problem: I have > activated, that all encrypted mails shall also be encrypted by my own > key, but the system says, I have no own key. > > Ok, I could create one, but in fact, I already have a key (this mail > is signed with it), Here is my problem: > > When there is already a gpg-key crerated, why do I need another key > for self encrypted mails? And do I need really 2 keys ( = 2 key > pairs)? > > IMHO kmail could use the already existent key from me, but kmail does > it only accept as a "signing key". That looks strange and is not > logically in my mind. > > Maybe someone can tell me, what I am thinking wrong. > > Thanks in andvance and have a happy xmas! > Thank you, I would point out that kmail says theres not enough info to validate your key. OTOH, I've never attempted to set this stuff up, since I switched from Amigados to Linux in 1998, so I have no clue if its my setup error, or yours. I'd assume you've put your public key on a keyserver someplace, but even my understanding of exactly how that works is likely faulty. I haven't played with pgp since they jailed P.Z., and I've always looked at anything newer than 2.62 as possibly equipt with a back door of some sort, one of the unstated conditions for allowing his release. Conspiracy theory? Probably. Shrug. I supposedly have a public key out there, but don't have enough historical data left after 25 years to even issue a cancellation. So I'll do an Andy Capp and shaddup. > Best > > Hans
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