Why can I read encrypted Mails?

From: Jan Schloessin (jschloes_at_rz.uni-potsdam.de)
Date: 10/19/04

  • Next message: Michael Schmidt: "Re: Why can I read encrypted Mails?" 
    Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:43:57 +0200

    Hi,

    if I encrypt an eMail with the public key (of course) of a friend it is
    stored encrypted in the UNSEND box.

    Why can i read it after entering my passphrase without having the
    private key of my friend (of course ;) ).

    I checked the content of the UNSEND box and the SEND box after sending
    the mail. It is really encrypted.

    I use thunderbird 0.8 and enigmail/enigmime with gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.4. But
    I recognized this behaviour in other mailclients too.

    enlight me please,
    jan

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