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No recipient key was found

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Encryption and recipients

No recipient key was found

recipient_not_found_or_no_pubkey

pastebin.ca could not find an encryption key for that recipient handle.

HTTP 404·Encryption and recipients

What it means

What happened

pastebin.ca could not find an encryption key for that recipient handle.

Why

Why it might have happened

  • The handle may be misspelled.
  • The person may not have enabled recipient keys yet.
  • The account may not exist.
Next steps

What you can try

  1. Check the @handle and try again.
  2. Ask the recipient to sign in and enable recipient keys.
  3. Use another sharing mode if they cannot receive encrypted pastes yet.
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