Inbound encryption encrypts all newly arriving emails with your public S/MIME or OpenPGP key. This help article explains how to deactivate inbound encryption.

Deactivating inbound encryption

1. Click Settings in the webmail interface
2. Click My account
3. Click PGP- and S/MIME-encryption
4. Under “Inbound encryption”, click Deactivate inbound encryption now

Inbound encryption is now deactivated. The system will no longer encrypt newly-arriving emails.

Tip

Emails that were encrypted before inbound encryption using your S/MIME or PGP key remain encrypted.

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• How do I delete my public key from the Posteo server?
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