[MlMt] How to Decrypt / Context Menu Services

[Steven M. Bellovin]

On 3 May 2017, at 8:03, Chris Hoofnagle wrote:

> Hi All, am loving Mailmate. Have a noobish question and cannot find an 
> answer in the fora:
>
> 1) How can one decrypt gpg-encrypted messages? It’s very easy to 
> click the lock when sending. But once a message has been received, how 
> does one trigger a decryption dialogue?
>
> 2) With Apple Mail, I could decrypt by right clicking, getting the 
> contextual menu, and selecting “OpenPGP: Decrypt Selection.” 
> However, when I select this Shortcut in 
> Preferences>Keyboard>Shortcuts, it does not appear in Mailmate’s 
> contextual menu. Instead shortcuts to other services appear, such as 
> “New MacVim Buffer With Selection.” Not sure why some services 
> appear and others do not :)
>
> Any advice? I have GPGtools installed and can trigger the decrypt 
> selection from other apps, such as MacVim :)
>
It should just work -- you should be prompted for your pass phrase when 
such a message is encountered.  Do you have "Enable verification and 
decryption" set in Preferences|Security?


         --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb