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

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Ticket URL: https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12479
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  Ticket             | 12479
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.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              | Not A Bug
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2014-11-24 19:04) wrote:

> Well actually this is a missing feature! Since this is exactly; what the user
> is requesting -> a single sided encrypted message! Otherwise I do not need
> asymmetric cryptography if I force everyone to have two keys.

What is a "single sided encrypted message"?

Do you mean sending a S/MIME message using an arbitrary passphrase?   
This is not possible with S/MIME.  (And we have had support for this  
via PGP for years)

S/MIME *requires* that you have access to the other user's public key.