[Enigmail] PGP, Encryption and general help - Barry H

[Charly Avital]

John Clizbe wrote the following on 6/26/08 8:21 PM:
> Charly Avital wrote:
>> I believe it is not possible to encrypt to a revoked key (revoked
>> encryption subkey).
> 
> It /actually/ is possible. One has to remove the revocation first.
> Details are left as a exercise for the reader.
> 

Exercise for the reader:

>From GnuPG's Guide <http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html#REVOCATION>

"If you forget your passphrase or if your private key is compromised or
lost, this revocation certificate may be published to notify others that
the public key should no longer be used. *A revoked public key can still
be used to verify signatures made by you in the past*, *but it cannot be
used to encrypt future messages to you*. It also *does not affect your
ability to decrypt messages sent to you in the past if you still do have
access to the private key*."