On Saturday 14 Nov 2015 22:58:18 kytv wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 05:45:47PM -0500, Xu Wang wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am learning more about PGP encryption with mutt, and am following this > > guide: http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/MuttGuide/UseGPG > > > > There is a part which discusses about "also encrypt the message using > > the author's public key". This is very useful because now I can > > decrypt the message that I send (in case I want to see what I sent). I > > would like to understand more what happens. > > > > When I encrypt with public key of recipient *and* with my public key, > > is this to mean that I send two separate messages, one encrypted with > > recipient public key and a separate one with my public key? Or it is > > possible to send *one* message that both the recipient and me are > > capable of decrypting. I am trying to understand how this magic works. > > The latter. You'll create one email which both you and the recipient > will be able to decrypt.
You send 1 email, which is encrypted with the recipients public key. Only the recipient can decrypt this message with their private key. A copy of the message will also be encrypted by your own public key and saved in the folder you have specified for Sent messages. It is this copy which you can decrypt with your private key later on, if you wish to read what you sent to the recipient. -- Regards, Mick
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