Re: OpenPGP header

[Steve Youngs <steve@youngs.au.com>]

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* Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

  > There is an effort to standardize the features from X-PGP:,
  > X-PGP-ID: etc into OpenPGP:, see:

  > http://josefsson.org/openpgp-header/

  > While general comments are appreciated, what I'd like to ask here
  > is whether Gnus should try to generate this header automatically?

  > Note the key word 'try'.

Indeed.

  > Exactly how Gnus can determine whether the user has a working OpenPGP
  > installation isn't obvious.  Check whether ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf exists
  > and use the key id from the 'default-key' token in that file?

And if `default-key' isn't set?  You could also take the id from
`pgg-default-user-id'.

  > OTOH, even if that test succeed, it is not clear that the user wishes
  > to add the header to all messages she sends.

And she may even want different OpenPGP: headers for different
messages (business/private).

  > Perhaps it would be sufficient to make it easy to optionally ask Gnus
  > to set the header.  Right now I don't think it is simple enough,

`gnus-posting-styles' of course.

  > What do you think?

Nice idea.  Especially if Gnus can be made to use the header to snarf
the key into the local keyring.

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