How to decrypt an OpenPGP encrypted email?

To decrypt an email, you need to have the corresponding OpenPGP keypair in your Mailfence account’s keystore, which includes the public key that was used for encryption.

  1. Go to Messages and click on Inbox.
  2. Open the encrypted message that you would like to decrypt and click on Decrypt it.
  3. Enter your OpenPGP key pair/Personal key passphrase and click on OK.

Make sure to Import/Add the OpenPGP public key of the sender to be able to view OpenPGP signature (if present) validation message.

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