[WYLUG-help] GPG in Evolution email

[Mike Goodman]

I installed GPG some time ago and generated keys and a pass phrase. I
got the relevant success messages after having initial difficulties and
getting help here. However, I hadn't used it apart from a couple of
tries just after I'd installed it to send signed and/or encrypted mail
without success. Here's the gubbins from generating the keys:


> gpg: /home/xxxx/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
> gpg: key X0X0XX00 marked as ultimately trusted
> public and secret key created and signed.
> 
> gpg: checking the trustdb
> gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
> gpg: depth: 0  valid:   1  signed:   0  trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
> gpg: next trustdb check due at 2007-01-14
> pub   1024D/XXX99XXX 2006-01-14 [expires: 2007-01-14]
>       Key fingerprint = 0000 000X XX00 XX00 0XXX  000X 0X00 0XX0 X0X0 XX00
> uid                  Mike Goodman (Director, Stop Watch Web Limited) <mike.goodman at stopwatchweb.co.uk>
> sub   2048g/0000XX00 2006-01-14 [expires: 2007-01-14]

This bit could be interesting, but I don't know what to do about it:

> gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model

When I receive mail from someone using a digital signature, the box at
the bottom of the email says

> Valid signature, cannot verify sender

whereas before I installed GPG there was a load of nonsense there.

On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 16:50 +0100, James Holden wrote:
> 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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