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My settings:

~/.gnupg $ gpg --edit-key 92432433
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Secret key is available.

pub  1024D/8----  created: 2010-01-02  expires: 2011-01-02  usage: SC  
                     trust: ultimate      validity: ultimate
sub  2048g/0-----  created: 2010-01-02  expires: 2011-01-02  usage: E   
[ultimate] (1). Hello <Testing>

I get this in Evolution:

Because "gpg: masi@gmail.com: skipped: public key not found
gpg: [stdin]: encryption failed: public key not found
", you may need to select different mail options.

Running the following does not help:

ps aux |grep gpg
# choosing the process id and killing gpg --daemon
kill <process_id>
eval `gpg --daemon`
# restarting Evolution and getting the same error with 
# Security settings without ticks at the four option boxes
# and havinsg my correct key-id in the box: I do remember my password
Dennis
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Léo Léopold Hertz 준영
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Are you trying to send encrypted mail to yourself ? If not, generating a key for yourself is not sufficient, you need to import the public key of the recipient too.

In your gpg dump, it shows "Hello" < Testing > as your primary identity. The e-mail field is being used by gpg to get the keys of the recipients, so if you put bogus values in there it won't be able to use it automatically.

b0fh
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For others: If you're using Ubuntu, check the "Passwords and Encryption Keys" application (seahorse I believe; installed by default and shows up in Accessories menu)

Broam
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