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Re: mutt/2122: Should encrypt messages to the Sender: key as well as to recipients



> Currently, GPG only encrypts messages to the To:, CC: or Bcc: but
> *not* to the From: of an email message. This means that any user
> that sends an encrypted mail to any other user will not be able to
> read the e-mail in the future in a default configuration (see
> workarounds for possible ways to prevent this)
> 
> I don't see any reason for outgoing mail to not be encrypted to the
> sender's key so he is able to read it in the future and other
> software (i.e. PGP Desktop) does this by default.

This sounds reasonable, but there needs to be a way to turn it off.
Not encrypting to self is actually a feature in some environments.

David