This is odd

[Brad Sims <bmsims1@insightbb.com>]

KDE doesn't ask for passphrase before encrypting or decrypting or
signing emails... is this expected behavior?

I have gpg set up thusly:
bsims@c933657-a:~$ dpkg -l|grep gpg
ii  gpgsm          1.9.15-4       GNU privacy guard - password agent
ii  kgpg           3.3.2-1        GnuPG frontend for KDE
ii  libgpg-error-d 1.0-1          library for common error values and messages
ii  libgpg-error0  1.0-1          library for common error values and messages
ii  libgpgme11     1.0.2-1        GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
ii  libgpgme11-dev 1.0.2-1        GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
ii  libgpgme6      0.3.16-2       GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
bsims@c933657-a:~$ dpkg -l|grep pine
ii  pinentry-commo 0.6.9-1        common files for all pinentry packages
ii  pinentry-curse 0.7.1-5        curses-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog
ii  pinentry-gtk   0.7.1-5        GTK+-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog f
ii  pinentry-gtk2  0.7.2-1        GTK+-2-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog
ii  pinentry-qt    0.7.1-5        Qt-based PIN or pass-phrase entry dialog for

I have ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf as follows:
pinentry-program /usr/lib/pinentry/pinentry-qt
no-grab
default-cache-ttl 1800

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