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Prerequisite for sending an encrypted email message

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Revision id: 246618
Created: Jun 20, 2022, 3:19:28 AM
Creator: Kai Engert
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Reviewed: Jun 20, 2022, 3:34:07 AM
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If you attempt to send an email with enabled End-To-End Encryption, Thunderbird may report that it cannot encrypt the message.

To send an encrypted email, you must obtain and accept a usable key for each recipient of the message that you add to the TO, CC or BCC field.

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If you attempt to send an email with enabled End-To-End Encryption, Thunderbird may report that it cannot encrypt the message.

To send an encrypted email, you must obtain and accept a usable key for each recipient of the message that you add to the TO, CC or BCC field.

Obtaining

...

Technical Validity

...

Accepting

...