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Figure 9-1: PGP Messaging showing active security policies
Opportunistic Encryption
Opportunistic Encryption simply means “Use a key for a particular
recipient if you can find it.” If you receive email from a particu-
lar correspondent and your keyring has a public key for this
person, PGP will use that key to encrypt the message before
sending. However, if your keyring has no key for this person,
PGP will consult its keyservers for an appropriate key and use
it if found. (By default, PGP uses the PGP Global Directory
keyserver, which works perfectly for corresponding with any
PGP user and with OpenPGP users who have submitted their ...