I looked at the source to figure out what it did. The Enigmail website documents it as follows (note: seahorse is the gnome-keyring GUI):
https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/advanced.php --- Use gpg-agent for passphrase handling: GnuPG version 2.0.x is distributed with the GnuPG passphrase agent, a tool for caching passphrases. This is especially useful if several passphrases are used. Enabling this option makes Enigmail use the gpg-agent also for GnuPG version 1.4.x (requires the tools gpg-agent and pinentry to be installed!). Note that in some distrubutions, Seahorse is installed instead of gpg-agent. This may cause trouble when using OpenPGP SmartCards. If you use a smartcard for your key, then either use gpg-agent and enable this option or unset it AND make sure the environment variable GPG_AGENT_INFO is unset prior to starting Enigmail since GnuPG expects gpg-agent be running once it detects GPG_AGENT_INFO. Do not activate this option, if you want Enigmail to ask you for your passphrase. --- If you want Enigmail to change the documentation to make the current behaviour clearer, please file a bug on their website, and attach it to this bug: https://www.enigmail.net/support/bugs.php Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1325832 Title: Enigmail uses GCR without user confirmation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/enigmail/+bug/1325832/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
