Thanks! Decrypting a message is super easy, you just use the "Decrypt" button.
A Hive account is not required from the sender of an encrypted message, but the addressee must have an account, because the Public Key is stored onchain. So a Hive account isn't required to encrypt, but it is necessary to perform decryption.
RE: Hive-Mail updated to v. 2.1: file encryption added!