I suppose I did have to set it up. I don't remember setting anything up for signing messages in the older version of kmail however. Was it already set up in the old version of kmail? On Thursday 09 April 2009 11:57:08 Sune Vuorela wrote: > On Thursday 09 April 2009 17:22:52 Andres Mejia wrote: > > Package: kmail > > Version: 4:4.2.2-1 > > Severity: important > > > > The new version of kmail doesn't prompt for a passphrase anymore when > > attempting to sign messages. Instead it immediately gives me an error > > stating I supplied a bad passphrase. Marking this as important since I > > think being able to sign your messages is very important. > > Hi! > > Signing emails in kmail does work. It is not the easiest to set up, but it > do work. > > KMail is not implementing asking for gpg passphrases directly, but instead > calls out to gpg-agent and make that handle the passphrase. > > You need gpg-agent set up in your environment and have set gpg-agent up to > use a X based pinentry thing (pinentry-qt3, pinentry-qt4, pinentry-gtk, > ...) When this work, and you on command line can sign things and you get a > graphical popup asking for your passphrase, then it should also work in > kmail. > > If you don't have gpg-agent installed or gpg-agent intsalled with only a > command line based pinentry, then this won't work. > > Hope this helps > > /Sune > > > -- System Information: > > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > > APT prefers unstable > > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > > > Versions of packages kmail depends on: > > ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.2.2-1 runtime components from the > > offici ii kdelibs5 4:4.2.2-2 core libraries for > > all KDE 4 appli ii kdepimlibs5 4:4.2.2-1 core > > libraries for KDE PIM 4 appli ii libc6 2.9-6 > > GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 > > 1:4.3.3-7 GCC support library > > ii libkdepim4 4:4.2.2-1 KDE PIM library > > ii libkleo4 4:4.2.2-1 certificate based crypto > > library f ii libkontactinterfaces4 4:4.2.2-1 KDE Kontact > > interface library ii libkpgp4 4:4.2.2-1 gpg based > > crypto library for KDE ii libksieve4 4:4.2.2-1 KDE > > mail/news message filtering li ii libmimelib4 > > 4:4.2.2-1 KDE mime library > > ii libphonon4 4:4.3.1-1 Phonon multimedia framework > > for Qt ii libqt4-dbus 4.4.3-2 Qt 4 D-Bus module > > ii libqt4-network 4.4.3-2 Qt 4 network module > > ii libqt4-qt3support 4.4.3-2 Qt 3 compatibility library > > for Qt ii libqt4-xml 4.4.3-2 Qt 4 XML module > > ii libqtcore4 4.4.3-2 Qt 4 core module > > ii libqtgui4 4.4.3-2 Qt 4 GUI module > > ii libstdc++6 4.3.3-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library > > v3 ii perl 5.10.0-19 Larry Wall's Practical > > Extraction ii phonon 4:4.3.1-1 metapackage for > > Phonon multimedia > > > > Versions of packages kmail recommends: > > ii procmail 3.22-16 Versatile e-mail processor > > > > Versions of packages kmail suggests: > > pn clamav | f-prot-installer <none> (no description available) > > ii gnupg 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - a free > > PGP rep ii gnupg-agent 2.0.11-1 GNU privacy guard - > > password agent ii kaddressbook 4:4.2.2-1 KDE address > > book > > ii kleopatra 4:4.2.2-1 KDE Certificate Manager > > ii pinentry-gtk2 [pinentry-x11] 0.7.5-3 GTK+-2-based PIN or > > pass-phrase en pn spamassassin | bogofilter | a <none> (no > > description available) > > > > -- no debconf information -- Regards, Andres
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