Receiver lost secret key and cannot read - neither can I

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

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On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 06:08:50AM -0400, Anita Lewis wrote:

> unable to read it.  Seems he lost the secret key to an old key which
> is the one I used.  I went to my Sent folder in Mutt and I can't
> read what I wrote.  Is there any way I can read it?

Well, no. That's the whole purpose of encryption... Only the secret
key can decrypt.

> Is there a suggested alternate way of sending messages to cover such
> an event?

Yes: Always encrypt to *both* the recipient of the message and
yourself. Add to your ~/.gnupg/options:

encrypt-to your_key_id

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Lionel

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