The gpg wizard
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Nov 30 22:05:01 UTC 2008
Ed Greshko wrote:
> I ran into a similar problem with enigmail recently. Was not able to
> sign/encrypt out going emails as I would not get the pass phrase dialog
> box and I did get the same sort of error message.
>
> I wish I could tell you exactly what fixed it. I fiddled around with
> the enigmail preferences, enabled "Display expert settings"...I believe
> I may have toggled the "use gpg-agent" button in the Advanced section
> (can't recall how it was set) and set up for Debugging.
>
> Somewhere along the line it just started to work again.
>
If you have "Use gpg-agent for passphrases" box checked, then it
will not work unless you have pgp-agent running. I think you also
have unlock your private key before trying to encrypt/sign.
Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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