Re: [Evolution] Evolution/GPG

[Stig Roar Wangberg <srw openmailbox org>]

fr. den 05. 02. 2016 klokka 09.30 (+0000) skreiv Pete Biggs:
> On Fri, 2016-02-05 at 07:00 +0100, Stig Roar Wangberg wrote:
> > It seems like Evolution is up an running (even though it seldom sends my
> > emails). Another problem is signing and encrypting. Concerning the
> > latter, I don't know if my emails are encrypted with the receivers
> > public key, or mine. I have only imported my own public key, so how does
> > Evolution know how to encrypt using the receivers public key? Or it
> > doesn't?
>
> Have you read the Help on OpenPGP encryption in Evolution?

Yes sir, I've read about everything there is about the subject.
>  Help -> Contents -> Mail encryption and Certificates

Yes, I've done that. I added my ID. I'm used to using the terminal;
importing, receiving, and even writing in Vim encrypting my letters
there. 
> >  Also, after I sent it, I could open it and read it using my own
> > password. When I'm encrypting letters in my terminal with the receivers
> > public key, I can never open it and read it using my own password, which
> > is logical, I guess.
>
> Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Account -> Edit -> Security ->
>   "Always encrypt to myself when sending encrypted messages"

Perhaps the question is silly, but it is enough to import someone's
public key to my keyring, or do I need to manually import them to
Evolution also? It seemed for a minute that my email were encrypted with
my public key, and not the receivers public key. 
> If you want to read encrypted messages you send, then you need to use
> your public key along with the recipient's when encrypting it.

- And how do I do that? Do I add more than my own keys alongside my own
key in Evolution?

When I encrypt a letter in the terminal, with someone's key, I can't
read it, of course, because I don't have their privat key, naturally. So
how come I can read them now? Is it encrypted with my ID and not
theirs? 
> >  Also, I was not asked for my password before
> > sending the encrypted email, which is a bit strange, right? 
>
> No.  You keyring had already been unlocked (as it's part of the login
> process for Gnome) so your password wasn't requested again.
>
> > So what is
> > going on?  
>
> I ask myself that everyday.
Hehe! 
> P.

SRW
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