encryption

[David Shaw]

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On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 02:02:05PM -0400, CL Gilbert wrote:
> I sent an email to someone.  I encrypted it.  If I look at the email in
> my sent folder, I can still read it.  If I look at the source of the
> email, I can see that it is encrypted.  Why am I able to decrypt this
> email and read it?  I though the encryption was one way and only the
> private key could decrypt it!?

It is fairly common for people to encrypt messages to the recipient,
and also to themselves just so they can still read their own
messages.  You probably have such a configuration in your mail reader.

David
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