>> "Rainer" == Rainer M Krug <Rainer> writes:
   >> 
   >> You mean using  openssl , as described in emacs-wiki? I tried this
   >> out and I reached the point of not using smime at all, since it was so
   >> cumbersome, till I learned about easyPF and ggpsm. :-D

   > That is what I am trying to get to work - but somehow I am struggling.

   > Is somebody using here s/mime on a mac via easyPF and gpgsm from
   > homebrew? I get the error when calling gpgsm from the commandline:

   > ,----
   > | $ gpgsm -s
   > | gpgsm: certificate is not usable for signing
   > | gpgsm: certificate is not usable for signing
   > | gpgsm: certificate is not usable for signing
   > | gpgsm: note: non-critical certificate policy not allowed
   > | gpgsm: can't connect to the dirmngr: IPC connect call failed
   > | gpgsm: certificate #1F134CE9BDA747F504F32D21E06EC854/CN=COMODO
   > | Client Authentication and Secure Email CA,O=COMODO CA
   > | Limited,L=Salford,ST=Greater Manchester,C=GB
   > | gpgsm: checking the CRL failed: No dirmngr
   > | gpgsm: error creating signature: No dirmngr <GpgSM>
   > | 
   > | $ dirmngr
   > | Segmentation fault: 11
   > `----
hm your dirmngr is also homebrew? I had some issues with dirmngr on
Ubuntu. Did you try 

disable-crl-checks

in your gpgsm conf?


Uwe Brauer