On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 08:54 -0400, Art Alexion wrote:
> After recent Ubuntu/Evolution updates, some things have happened to the
> gpg passphrase entry dialog:
>      1. The time the passphrase remains in memory seems to have
>         dramatically increased, 
>      2. While in memory, there is a dialog that requests confirmation to
>         use the passphrase in memory, and 
>      3. The new dialog pops under, rather than over, the mail being
>         sent.
> 
> My concerns are
>      1. There doesn't seem to be a way to control the length of time the
>         passpahrase remains in memory (though I could be missing
>         something obvious)
>      2. The new dialog seems mostly useless.  Anyone can say OK.  The
>         only options are to use the cached passphrase or enter it again.
>         There is no send unsigned choice.
>      3. The pop under nature is mostly an annoyance and not a real
>         problem.  I can actually see it as a security feature.  That is,
>         someone who wants to send signed mail from my desk may not see
>         it popped under and think the client is frozen.  I jest, of
>         course.
> Is this an Ubuntu thing, or an upstream thing? Any way to control this
> stuff?

If you are talking about GPG passphrase , then it has to do with the
distribution. :) Assuming the same 

http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Agent-Options.html#Agent-Options
 

may help.

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Johnny Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://johnnyjacob.org

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