Can't decrypt PGP 8 msg

[Steve Butler]

I used his public key (from the message) to encrypt and send his message
back to him.  Hopefully he can figure things out from there.

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl L. Gilbert [mailto:lamont_gilbert@rigidsoftware.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:36 AM
To: GnuPG Users Group
Subject: Re: Can't decrypt PGP 8 msg


On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 13:41, Michael Schweppe wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Greetings All:
> 
> Back in June I asked about a pop up dialog box [that said: gpg: NOTE:
> old default options file '/Users/michaels/.gnupg/options'] that would
> appear when attempting to decrypt a friend's [he uses PGP 8.0] message.
> 
> Thanks to all for the replies and explanation on what the dialog box
> message meant.
> 
> However I'm still baffled why I can't decrypt my friend's message.  When
> I try I get the pop up box, click to acknowledge the box and then
> nothing; back to square one.
> 
> If I sign and encrypt a message to myself, all is well, not even the pop
> up box appears.
> 
> Would one of you folks be kind enough to send me an encrypted message so
> that I can help troubleshoot the problem I'm having?  I need to verify
> that all is well on my end.   At this point I'm not sure if I'm having
> the problem for not decrypting, or is the root cause with PGP 8?  I
> dunno.
> 

Have you signed this persons key?

CL

> Here is my public key:
> 
> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> Version: OpenKeyServer v1.2
> Comment: Extracted from belgium.keyserver.net
> 
> mQGiBD708MwRBACrLFEYz2PtLuCZkuON60Nl/zjzXLGwq9kBBsLPjFg3+A/KugCp
> JXxbIBF3+4gu4rYhtjQTkshpuntiRx2jMIuZRBkPT3QOBOyVaXxGWleLIKKEo+tu
> 8AFBeY7QpT7vgt8TDV986Gqw26AKXr1yJwVhwCS4CR69HZos9e6+SOB6OwCgiCBy
> JxvtegPMQnYY2Xw3xu8etQcD/3WlWAIy1rFZm4Y1NWWw7Kz9iYmKUejId/tRFUPk
> fN7JFstzfA1Nju9ion7n1p/j9e7m60yHdMzn49nWKaNE5f0Y0myWpKeeoiEDI5Yx
> ENvagL+FrYWUdHF7AQtxgIwFcPAmK2NHnck+9jaGsqHsDYKl1uR31EiBSh3V+jps
> PNYDA/96rzMxCLqr/1vFw3hMacyRZ07/tAqyXvc2pQYBTxjPXtC1uu7h/gZkqik9
> nomO9VXC4i3KM0esdIkzVfV3AJ3CCrA/nosrXZIftI36VDIZZVPcbXY1m0I6fHdT
> +Jfnn5yfuyV2X3Nia78ZnMG1VWQjncil3cAtxmgGHt/+MZoZCLQqTWljaGFlbCBK
> LiBTY2h3ZXBwZSA8bWljaGFlbEBzY2h3ZXBwZS5vcmc+iFkEExECABkFAj708MwE
> CwcDAgMVAgMDFgIBAh4BAheAAAoJEKfZsRv457eA/GgAnAta+kNCHTCzuQrSWVD0
> CpcTWwvVAJ9mt+FFwzHF/1kZ5bLlzpwOFWkFG7kBDQQ+9PDXEAQA7RCQwHNZbgO+
> NX1W+njAY9WA2Qa+eEgLqjZ3Q0s8Fkr2EiUOIJ1JvvAEY5vTF+j7ED7AmcRrLXx5
> tnGXm3JonBC9cSmMv+Vzf0BTUpTHTmD7yVCizY7JcuXdypgw/6nptuINRwUGD/La
> wmW/n3hktCQwuOE4fqizODfxqHJ8088ABA0D/1NSN6EYW+KRnXqnIz/9E4z5ZGoe
> cWtcJ09sgijDcyZA4S86la61EddTs7Yoc2V686gibkJk9useBmK7D43MMDCcowg8
> l2rSW+gtzFrB5KM4foTlmcXecVsAeGVetpKZ+93zYALb5LwmOyrERgUJAZZSpsmm
> 9bjKn9iSVd5EmYpFiEYEGBECAAYFAj708NcACgkQp9mxG/jnt4BXEwCcCOUCA6oW
> FoYwY0jTA1hzug3a8KsAn1YsC5ct1tPNDzkb8z5Gj/SQpRMI
> =thsj
> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin)
> 
> iD8DBQE/L+tVp9mxG/jnt4ARAqa9AJ46hAqxTkWbWuTy2v03jYjCgHmz4ACfUI4y
> kYPSaf3ttleaqlJNT6VPFwU=
> =xl9c
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> 
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-- 
Thank you,


CL Gilbert
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes
9:16

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