> > I don't know if this is any help, but I > recently replaced PGP 7.1 with GnuPG+WinPT > any did not experience any of the problems > you describe. Thank you for your suggestion. I finally succeeded using my keys whith GPGshell, by importing them directly into GnuPG through a DOS box. But I'll look at WinPT anyway. Regards Marie-Noëlle Baechler