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by thomastjeffery 2604 days ago
Yes, that is the detail that was glossed over.

The difficult part is for the sender to get a copy of the recipient's public key. In practice, a sender will always sign with their private key, since they can just send a copy of their public key with the message.

I think GP thought it necessary to give a complete example, but not a complete explanation.