what does this mean?

[Anthony E. Greene]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Justin R. Miller wrote:
>What is causing this?  I've saved an encrypted email to 'out' and am
>trying it outside of my MUA (Mutt):
>
>-----
>
>--(justin@mithrandir)-(4|pts/6)-(11:43:09|EDT|08/24/2001)--
>($:~)-> gpg -d out
>gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID xxxxxxxx, created 2000-08-11
>      "Some User <some@user.com>"
>gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
>gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=20)

It means that the message was encrypted using a public key for which you
do not have the matching private key.

Tony
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