On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 08:29:34PM -0600, Dean Allen Provins wrote: > Hello: > > I have been trying to encrypt messages with PGP 6.5.8 when using mutt > to no avail. Signing, and decoding seem to work fine, but mutt > cannot seem to locate the correct key for encoding. > > When sending (after indicating that I want the message encrypted), it > asks if it should use keyID = "0x9643AE65" for provinsd@telusplanet.net > (my userid and address). When I respond yes, it lists several > choices. Each has the correct Email adress, and my name, but none > have the correct keyID. In fact, these keyID's do not correspond to > any in my public key file. > > No matter which I choose, PGP cannot encrypt because, as it says: > > Cannot find the public key matching userid '0x72A1F430' > This user will not be able to decrypt this message. > Encryption error > > This isn't surprising, as the key is incorrect. > > For the record, the 'pgp_getkeys_command="pkspxycwrap %r"' doesn't work, > as I don't have the script enabled, but then I figured as I'm using a > public key that I already have, I shouldn't need a key caching proxy. > > Does any reader know where I'm going wrong? I'd appreciate any and > all input. > Maybe you can use GnuPG ? It is a patent-free alternative to PGP, and works flawlessly with mutt in debian. package name is 'gnupg' > Thanks, > > Dean > Calgary > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- GPG key-id: 1024D/5BE3DCFD Dmitriy CCAB 5F17 A099 9E43 1DBE 295C 9A21 2F1C 5BE3 DCFD Adobe put Dmitry in jail for the crime against society of revealing that they were selling ROT-13 as "encryption." He is rotting in US prison as a political prisoner for speaking out. Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org
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