-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 11:39:08 +0700, Han Thomas [HT] wrote these comments: ... HT> If I tick on 'Sign When Completed' (and also when I manually "Sign HT> Block"), TB/PGP doesn't prompt me for the email address to sign it HT> with. As I have several email addresses / identities with PGP HT> keys, I have to choose the right one. (Or The Bat could even HT> choose the right one for me because it knows the 'From:' email HT> address I'm using.) Still it doesn't choose the right one, I think HT> it just chooses the 'default' signature set in my PGP Keys window. HT> I think the whole concept of a 'default address'/'default key' HT> doesn't make much sense. Any TB! user with multiple email HT> addresses will write mail using those multiple email addresses and HT> may have to sign their messages with the appropriate key, NOT just HT> the default key. This effectively means one has to remember to go HT> into PGP tray and check/change the default BEFORE sending every HT> signed message you want to sign)
This is perhaps the main limitation with using PGP and the TB! plug-in. The current setup works fine only for those who use a single key or for those who normally don't cache their pass-phrase. The only way around this is to disable pass-phrase caching. Whenever the dialog appears for you to sign, you can then pick the appropriate key from the drop down list. The GnuPG plug-in, on the other hand, implements smart-matching. It will check the From name and address combo and use for signing, the key that uses that UID. It has one disadvantage in that the UID which is the name and e-mail address combination must exactly match that of a UID on a key. Just a matching e-mail address isn't enough. I've tailored my UID's to match the various identities that I use so I'm hooked on using GnuPG since the appropriate key is automatically selected as needed for signing. - -- �Allie C Martin -- List Moderator and fellow end-user PGPKey - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=PGPPubKey1 [MUA: TB! v1.54/10 (*) OS: Win2K SP 2] __ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) Comment: Sealed for Security iEYEARECAAYFAjviLiQACgkQV8nrYCsHF+IiagCeNd0vbRbvjBM6qn1JAaE4bY2O gn0AoIIJbLWPRiHxPUkTQb5/pV7+V7Au =bHho -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
