You should now have a file on your hard drive (in the current directory) named your_last_name.asc. Send this file to your partner using any means available to you Save the message you received from...

You should now have a file on your hard drive (in the current directory) named your_last_name.asc. Send this file to your partner using any means available to you Save the message you received from your partner as mymessage.txt in the same directory as the gpg executable. Decrypt the message using the following command: gpg --decrypt mymessage.txt You will be prompted to enter your passphrase, because the decryption operation requires the use of your private key.