Re: [PLUG] gpg-agent & thunderbird

[PaulNM <plug@paulscrap.com>]

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On 08/10/2013 01:03 PM, Eric at Lucii.org wrote:
> I am in the process of creating a new gpg key for myself.
> 
> When I go to Thuderbird/Enigmail and select OpenPGP -> Clear Saved Passphrase
> it complains:
>     You are using gpg-agent for passphrase handling.
>     Clearing the passphrase is therefore not possible from within Enigmail.
> 
> That's odd since typing gpg-agent at the command line gives me a different complaint:
>     The program 'gpg-agent' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
>     sudo apt-get install gnupg-agent
> 
> Could there be some other program performing this function?
> Maybe Enigmail is just plain wrong?
> 
> Running LinuxMint 15 (based on Ubuntu 13.04).
> gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.12
> 

Hi Eric,

	Check OpenPGP -> Preferences -> Advanced Tab, and de-select "Use
gpg-agent for passphrases".  If "Basic" is the only tab showing, hit
"Display Expert Settings" to bring up the other tabs.

	You might as well check out the other settings while you're at it, I
don't really consider them expert settings. (At least not ALL of them.)

An aside:  I was just messing around with this last night, and noticed
that PGP/GPG doesn't seem as popular as it used to be on the list.  Only
a couple of people seem to be signing list mail these days.  I'm just
starting to seriously use them myself.


- -PaulNM
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