[sclug] Evolution and GPG.

[Tom Dawes-Gamble]

On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 18:31, Simon Huggins wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 04:58:43PM +0000, Tom Dawes-Gamble wrote:
> > OK so here is the problem.  Someone sends me a message that is pgp
> > signed. If I know them i.e. I have their pgp key I click the icon and
> > I'm told if its a good signature.  
> 
> > If I don't know them I get bad signature.  However, what I really want
> > is for Evolution to generate the a gpg --search-key to get teh key
> > from a server and add it to my public key ring.
> 
> No idea about evolution but gpg will automagically grab keys on demand
> if you add lines like:
> keyserver the.earth.li
> keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve
> 

Yes I had that.  Though I was not using 'that' key server.  As soon as I
switched it worked.  So all I need now is a reliable key server. So may
be I'll stick with the.earth.li :-)  Well  wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net 

-- 
There are 10 sorts of people.
Those that understand binary and those that don't!



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