[Enigmail] Enigmail, PGP, Gmail and decryption

[Ayush Sharma]

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Giano wrote:
> I use Enigmail on my Gmail account via IMAP, and I sent an encrypted
> email to my girlfriend. Then I explored "sent messages" and... I was
> able to decrypt the sent message using my key!!
Hello Giano,
                   This happens as the Enigmail actually encrypts the
message to *both your key and to you girlfriend's key*. This can be
verified by a simple task :
Click on "OpenPGP" in the menu bar of your Thunderbird ->click on
"Debugging OpenPGP" ->"view console" (while making sure that you had
clicked on the message recently sent to your girlfriend in the Sent
Message" folder.
There you will see the console message saying that the message was
encrypted to *both* your key and your girlfriend's key.
If you want to remove this feature, and only want that the message be
encrypted to *only the recipient's key*, please do the following:
Click on "OpenPGP" on the menu bar of your Thunderbird->click on
"Preferences"->click on "Sending" tab->uncheck the option which states
that "Add my own key to the recipients list"
This way the message will only be encrypted to the "receiver's key"
Warm Regards,
- -Ayush

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