[Enigmail] secret key needed?

[Christopher M. Logan]

John Clizbe wrote:
> Christopher M. Logan wrote:
>> Seems like the different IDs isn't the problem, i just think that e-mail
>> from this one sender is the problem.  I get e-mails from other people
>> and i can decrypt.
> 
> Please
>   a) _DO_NOT_ top post
>   b) trim quoted material
> 
>> i'm using GPG 1.4.7
>> and the sender is using GPG 1.4.6.  Is there an incompatibility?
> 
> None known, highly unlikely. If one existed, it would've been reported by now.
>> Christopher M. Logan wrote:
>>> i also want to mention that i only get this problem with this one
>>> sender.  normally the ID's listed are ones that i see in my Key
>>> Management window.  But in this case i don't.
> 
> This sender is not encrypting the message to your key, which is why you are
> receiving the "secret key not available" error.
He is just composing e-mail and adding cc: recipients.  What step did he
 miss? Or what setting does he have that maybe different from someone
else.  We all exchanged public keys.  I had to recently recreate my key.
 He had both my old and new key to open old e-mail that i sent.  What
setting changes should he or i should make in order for me to decrypt
his e-mail?
> 
> A good guess is none of the key ids from the log match any of the secret key IDs
> for key pairs that belong to you. I say guess, because you don't do us the honor
> of signing any of the messages you sent us.
> 
> 
I tried to sign this response but i get:

enigmail> C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\gpg.exe --charset utf8  --batch
--no-tty --
status-fd 2 --comment 'Using GnuPG with Mozilla -
http://enigmail.mozdev.org' -t
 --clearsign -u <chrismikall at gmail.com> --passphrase-fd 0 --no-use-agent
gpg: skipped "<chrismikall at gmail.com>": secret key not available
gpg: [stdin]: clearsign failed: secret key not available
enigmail.js: Enigmail.encryptMessageEnd: Error in command execution
enigmail.js: Enigmail.encryptMessage: Error in command execution