[wellylug] GPG-Crypter NOT by one Jethro Carr ..

Richard Hector richard at walnut.gen.nz
Fri Dec 1 09:58:05 NZDT 2006


On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 14:22 +1300, Jethro Carr wrote:

> When you encrypt with GPG, you encrypt it for a certain key - the person
> the file is destined for.
> 
> (eg: encrypting a file with my key, means that only me or you can read
> it)

If I only used your key, I wouln't be able to read it. I'd need to
encrypt it with my key as well if I also wanted to be able to read it.

If I encrypt mail in Evolution, it automatically encrypts the copy it
sticks in the Sent folder with _my_ key.

Richard





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