Message Decryption Question

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> [mailto: PGP-Basics%40yahoogroups.com">PGP-Basicsyahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Captain
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:36 AM
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> Subject: Message Decryption Question
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> 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?

It is possible that he's only encrypting to his own secret key. Make sure
he's encrypting to both his own and yours, also have him verify the key ID
and fingerprint of the key he's encrypting to with the ones you know are of
your keypair.

And yes, your secret key is created when you create your key pair.

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