Re: Why can I read encrypted Mails?

From: Michael Schmidt (NOSPAM_schmidt_at_nue.et-inf.uni-siegen.de)
Date: 10/19/04

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    Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:25:30 +0200

    Hi Jan,

    most likely, you have the implicit setting "encrypt with own public key,
    too" (I guess this is how it reads in English) set in the enigmail
    configuration. This is default, and it is a convenience issue that
    allows you to subsequently read the e-mails that you sent encrypted.

    Cheers,

    Michael

    Jan Schloessin schrieb:
    > 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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Michael Schmidt
University of Siegen, Germany
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e-mail: schmidt _at_ nue.et-inf.uni-siegen.de
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