[WYLUG-help] GPG in Evolution email

[James Holden]

On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 02:48:51PM +0100, Mike Goodman wrote:
> Hi, Folks,
> 
> Trying to use gpg to encrypt and sign mail, using evolution email. With
> pgp sign and pgp encrypt both selected, it asks for the password on
> send, then fails with error:
> 
> 
> > Could not create message.
> > 
> > Because "Failed to execute gpg: Broken pipe", you may need to select different mail options.
> 
> There are four options under the "Security" tab, all unchecked at the moment, after the space to enter the key ID:
> Always sign outgoing messages when using this account
> Don't sign meeting requests (for Outlook compatibility)
> Always encrypt to myself when sending encrypted mail
> Always trust keys in my keyring when encrypting

Mike,

Do you have GPG installed?

Did you generate a private key? There are plenty of places on the
Internet to tell you how.

> Then boxes for entering either signing certificate for mime or encryption certificate. Do I need one? Where do I get it?

No, they're for S/MIME. Ignore them.

> Obvious question: What am I doing wrong?

Tell us what you did so far.

Cheers,

James

> 
> TIA. Mike
> 
> 
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