[Tickets #12479] Re: Can not send encrypt mail if sender's personal cert does not exist in Horde

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12479
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  Ticket             | 12479
  Updated By         | arjen+horde at de-korte.org
  Summary            | Can not send encrypt mail if sender's personal cert
                     | does not exist in Horde
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 6.1.3
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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arjen+horde at de-korte.org (2013-07-23 11:33) wrote:

> Two users: User1 & User2.
>
> 1. User2 import/create personal PGP/SMIME cert into Horde.
> 2. User1 does not import/create personal PGP/SMIME cert into Horde,  
> but only import User2's PGP/SMIME public key into Horde
> 3. User1 send a PGP/SMIME encrypt mail to User2, then error message appears.
> PGP Error: Could not retrieve public key for User1 at .....
> SMIME Error: No smimePublicKey entry found for User1 at .....
>
> Horde version: Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.1.1
>
This is how sending encrypted messages works. If you don't have access  
to the senders public key, there is no way to decrypt the message by  
the sender. Only the recipient would be able to decrypt it. This is  
why you should always encrypt messages with both the recipients *and*  
your own public key.