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Captain wrote:
> My problem is...I send an encrypted message to my co-worker. He can
> decrypt it ok. He sends me back an encrypted message but when I try to
> read it I get the error:
>
> Error - secret key needed to decrypt message.
> gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
>
> My question is - who's secret key? Mine? Where is it? Wasn't it created
> when I made my keypair?
This generally means that your co-worker did *not* encrypt to your
Public Key but only to his Key. Since you don't have his Secret Key you
cannot decrypt the message. Make sure s/he understands how to use the
Encryption Front-End.
JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Tuesday 17 Oct 2006, 15:42 --400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
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