Re: PGG howto ?

[Xavier MAILLARD <zedek@gnu-rox.org>]

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On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Simon Josefsson said:

>  Xavier MAILLARD <zedek@gnu-rox.org> writes:
>  
> > Hello,
> >
> > Until now, I used to sign/encrypt mails using mailcrypt and all was
> > quite good.
> >
> > Now I have decided that it was time for me to switch my mind and my
> > habits to use PGG :) 
> >
> > The problem is I do NOT know at all how I can simply do things I
> > used to do with mailcrypt easily.
>  
>  Snarfing keys is not possible with PGG (but you can continue to use
>  mailcrypt for this if you want), but everything else should have its
>  own menu item.

Hmm what a pity. I think I'd better continue to use mailcrypt so :(
Using PGG, I thought I could get rid of mailcrypt (which is excellent
though) but apparently it's not possible :(
  
> > For such a reason I'm requesting your help concerning the right
> > configuration of PGG.
>  
>  PGG should not need any configuration unless you have a weird setup.
>  If there is something that needs to be configured that you think PGG
>  ought to be able to figure out by itself, please mention it.

Hmm, effectively, I don't need it now :) I thought that there were
configuration var missing such as my gpg ID, or the gpg keyserver name.

But it seems it's useless cuz' we can't snarf keys :)
  
> > P.S: I have set all the variables needed after having read the docu,
> > now I need more help on howto to automatically sign/encrypt when
> > sending mails and stuff like that.
>  
>  This seems to be a common request, I'll put the answer in the manual
>  if someone knows it.

I'll try to search. I already do this using my mailcrypt setup so I
think I can do the same using PGG funcs, can't I ?

Cheers,

zeDek

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