[Users] How to forward (reencrypt) encrypted mails?

claws at dragony.name claws at dragony.name
Sat Oct 10 15:41:33 CEST 2020


Ihre Mail vom Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:36:39 -0000:

> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 15:27:39 +0200
> claws at dragony.name wrote: 
> 
> > I am using PGP for sending and receiving encrypted mails, but forwarding
> > encrypted mails is impossible, since the receiver will be unable to decrypt
> > the mail originally sent to me using my public key.  
> 
> It's simple rather than impossible.
> 
> Decrypt the message, hit the Forward button. The decrypted message is now in
> the new Compose window, decrypted. Then encrypt it before sending.

Oh I am sorry I forgot to mention that my problem is with attachments. The new recipient can read the plain text, but every attachment is not re-encrypted and thus not readable.

Dragony
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