after pasting to clipboard i hit decrypt button but get the error message-
"General Error
This is probably a bug in GPA
GPA will now try to recover from this error".
nothing happens,gpa doesnt recover.
any suggestions please?
i am using it with web based hushmail running windows xp home

Make sure that you paste a complete message. Use the command line if in doubt.
This is very likely a user error; ask on gnupg-users at gnupg.org for help