From 4111ee7685c27ca7144a9e49fe18392c3d01d0a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lucas Hoffmann Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:13:25 +0100 Subject: Add comment about "encrypt-to-self" in docs. --- docs/source/usage/crypto.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/source/usage/crypto.rst b/docs/source/usage/crypto.rst index 6cee7753..243cc445 100644 --- a/docs/source/usage/crypto.rst +++ b/docs/source/usage/crypto.rst @@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ and :ref:`toggleencrypt ` and in envelope mode to ask alot to encrypt the mail before sending. The :ref:`encrypt ` command accepts an optional hint string as argument to determine the key of the recipient. + +If you want to access encrypt mail later it is useful to add yourself to the +list of recipients when encrypting with gpg (not the recipients whom mail is +actually send to). The simplest way to do this is to use the `encrypt-to` +option in the :file:`~/.gnupg/gpg.conf`. But you might have to specify the +correct encryption subkey otherwise gpg seems to throw an error. -- cgit v1.2.3