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From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Public key encryption example.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:56:01 -0800
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Vincent Davis <vincent@vincentdavis.net> writes:
> I am looking for the "simplest" example of sending(encrypting) and
> receiving(decrypting) using public key encryption. I am think of something
> along the lines of having all the keys in local files and saving and
> reading the message from a local file.

It's very easy to make mistakes doing stuff like that.  Your simplest
bet is to shell out to GPG or something comparable.