Re: kmail and encrypted mails
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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