[Pkg-mutt-maintainers] Bug#841826: Can't decrypt encrypt-to-self mails (with set pgp_encrypt_self = yes)

[Guido Günther]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 04:19:35PM +0000, Antonio Radici wrote:
> Control: tag -1 +moreinfo
> 
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 05:30:54PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote:
> > Package: mutt
> > Version: 1.7.1-2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > since the switch 1.7.x I can't decrypt messages I send encrypted to
> > other parties. I disabled all gpg related options already except for
> > 
> > $ grep ~/.muttrc
> > set pgp_encrypt_self=yes
> > 
> > When I try to open a encrypted message in the send folder I only see:
> > 
> > "failed to decrypt message"
> > 
> > in the status bar. Any way I can debug this or provide more information?
> 
> Is your $pgp_sign_as variable set in muttrc? 

I've add pgp_sign_as and it works now, thanks. The option is strangely
named for a encyrption option though. Wouldn't it be better named

     $pgp_defaukt_key

I still woner how one can debug these problems within mutt (i.e. asking
it for more output how it interacts with gpg)?

Thanks a lot for your quick reply. Although the bug is gone now I wonder
how we could make this simpler to discover?

Cheers,
 -- Guido