GPG and Mutt Help Needed

Igor Gueths igueths at lava-net.com
Fri Sep 17 09:27:46 EDT 2004


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Hi there. If you encounter a PGP signature, even if its detached, the key should automatically be obtained...At least that's how it works for me. Btw, I'm not sure if you wanted your post to 
be signed...Just so you know it wasn't.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:00:04AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> I need some help with my GPG configuration in Mutt. I think I have it
> working mostly. The rest might even be just a misunderstanding on my
> part about how it should work.
> 
> I have successfully created a key pair for myself and submitted to the
> key servers.
> 
> I believe my outgoing mail is being signed. If I haven't sent a message
> for some time, I'm prompted for my pass phrase. That all sounds right.
> 
> And, when I receive mail I can even get messages about whether the
> signature in the incoming message can be trusted, or not. 
> 
> Alt-E always works, and Ctrl-K never does, in other words. All I get
> from Ctrl-K is:
> 
> gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
> gpg: Total number processed: 0
> Press any key to continue...
> 
> Do I misunderstand? Shouldn't Ctrl-K extract the key in the email? And,
> do what with it exactly? I guess that's where I'm confused. Shouldn't it
> validate the key against the email address with one of the keyservers?
> 
> Or, do I have to go add each individual by hand to my keyring? Euch.
> Argyh. Hope not.
> 
> 
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