On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 02:17, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 19:04, Bill Hartwell wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 17:48, Not Zed wrote: > > > Hmm, have you tried adding > > > > > > keyserver pgp.net > > > > > > to ~/.gnupg/options? > > > > Been there, done that. > > > > It works with Kmail, but not with Evolution. When I get a signature from > > someone whose key I don't have in my keyring, if I get it in Kmail, in > > the inline format Kmail understands, then gpg will automatically search > > for the key when it attempts to verify the signature. If I get it in > > Evolution, I have to manually request the key with > > gpg --recv-keys <key ID> > > > > I had never even thought to mess with this until I ran across this > thread. I just opened up my .gnupg/options and added the following: > > keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net > keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve
Ah-ha! That's the option I was missing. I didn't have the "auto-key-retrieve" line in my options file. > and everything works fine. As a matter of fact, I just checked your > signature on this message using that setup. I'll send you an encrypted > message directly to make sure I've got the right key. Looks good so far. I added the keyserver-options line, tested it on a message I didn't have a key for before, and it worked as advertised. Where DID you find that extra option? I couldn't find it in my gpg manual. I figure if I missed that one, I may have missed some others, too. -- All private email sent with PGP encryption. Email for key. Homepage: http://www.macmanusnet.net/ Freedom in our lifetime: http://www.freestateproject.org Enforce the Bill of Rights: http://www.lneilsmith.com/bor_enforcement.html Don't let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart.
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