Having a problem with encrypting and decrypting files.

[Thomas Arend]

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Am Dienstag, 28. Januar 2003 18:38 schrieb Timothy Nam:
> I was wondering if somebody could help shine some light to a problem I =
am
> having.
>
> I have a public key generated using version 1.0.7 (SunOS) , the
> counterparty I am exchanging keys with is using version 1.2.1 (MingW32)=
=2E I
> have imported his key, as well as him importing mine, but when I try an=
d
> decrypt a file which is signed and encrypted by the other party, I get =
the
> error

Do you mean the other party encrypted it with his public key?

> gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available.

If the other party does not encrypt the message with your private key, th=
en=20
the message is right. You should not have his secret key!=20

>
> Is there a compatibility issue with the versions we are using?

There should not incompatibility between the keys.

> regards
>
> Timothy (Ting) Nam

Thomas

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