problems with evolution and gnupg (hoary)

[Ulrich Steffens]

Am Donnerstag, den 09.06.2005, 22:48 +0200 schrieb Dennis Kaarsemaker:
> On do, 2005-06-09 at 22:35 +0200, Ulrich Steffens wrote:
> 
> > sorry for being lame on this topic :)
> > but what should i actually add?
> > if i add my name and email adress (which is already there in the key)
> > the output of gpp stays the same: asking me for a user ID and
> > evolution
> > spits out the same error.
> > isnt there a way to tell gpg that the key i imported is my own key
> > which
> > should be used in any case? like if i just generated it?
> 
> It sounds like you fundamentally misunderstand gpg :)
> 
> For encryption you always use the public key of the recepient. So you
> should say:
> 
> gpg --encrypt --armor --recepient FOO < test
> 
> where FOO is the gpg key id of the recipient.

dennis, you're absolutely right, i completely missed the point here!
another mail i composed (and for which i had the public key of the
recepient) worked very well... how embarrassing :)

oh, well...

ulrich