[Evolution-users] Encryption problem - need help

[Pete Biggs]

On Wed, 2025-10-01 at 07:09 -0400, janos via evolution-users wrote:
> Hi, this may be a trivial question.
> 
> I sent a signed, encrypted message to myself on another account,
> different mail server (email provider). The message was received, I
> could open it, and the email client (Evolution as well, of course)
> showed everything OK.
> 
> But, I could not view the sent message in the Evolution "Sent"
> folder:


I know others have replied as well, but in my simplistic mind it
happens like this:

   You send the message encrypted for the recipient using their public
   key.
   
   That encrypted message is saved in your sent folder.
   
   To decrypt the message you need the recipients secret key - which
   they clearly have.
   
   You do not have their secret key, so you can not decrypt the
   message, hence the error.
   
I know you are both the sender and recipient using different accounts
which muddies the water a bit - but still the sending account can't unlock
the private key for the recipient.

If being able to view encrypted sent messages is necessary, then you
need to add yourself as a recipient (BCC will work possibly), in which
case it will be encrypted with your public key as well and you will be
able to decrypt it with your private key.

P.