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echo: public_keys
to: mark lewis
from: Paul Hayton
date: 2016-02-26 22:34:46
subject: Hum..

On 02/24/16, mark lewis pondered and said...
 
 ml> it works two ways...
 ml> 
 ml> 1. if you post a message encrypted with your PRIVATE key, anyone with
 ml> your PUBLIC key can decrypt it... that proves it was you that encrypted

The issue I am having is using the tool I have come across to do just that.
Use my Private key to encrypt something that can be unlocked by the PUBLIC
key. It would appear gpg4win does not allow this and in a way I can
understand why as it flys in the face of what I think the PUBLIC vs PRIVATE
keys are to be used for (I think)

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