On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 19:42:45 -0800, Daniel Burrows ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 09:29:06PM -0600, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > Chris Jones wrote: > > > I have noticed that in order to reply to their posts some users on this > > > list require that I provide a "PGP passphrase" .. whatever that may be. > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure someone more knowledgeable about PGP/GPG than am I will answer > > shortly, but in the meanwhile, I'll take a shot. > > > > It sounds to me like you have PGP or GPG installed in your email client, > > and it's configured to encrypt email when responding to emails that have > > an indication of encryption capability on the other end (such as a > > "signed" signature, etc), and your email client is then prompting you > > for your PGP passphrase, which you don't recall setting at some time in > > the past. > > If it's prompting him for a passphrase, it thinks he has a PGP key and > wants to sign his outgoing email with it. Indeed - and I expect there is a line: set pgp_replysign=yes in the ~/.muttrc file. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Debian on the NSLU2: http://bobcox.com/slug/ Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
