Re: Why do I need a passphrase???
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 09:29:06PM -0600, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> was heard to say:
> Chris Jones wrote:
> > I have noticed that in order to reply to their posts some users on this
> > list require that I provide a "PGP passphrase" .. whatever that may be.
> >
> >
>
> I'm sure someone more knowledgeable about PGP/GPG than am I will answer
> shortly, but in the meanwhile, I'll take a shot.
>
> It sounds to me like you have PGP or GPG installed in your email client,
> and it's configured to encrypt email when responding to emails that have
> an indication of encryption capability on the other end (such as a
> "signed" signature, etc), and your email client is then prompting you
> for your PGP passphrase, which you don't recall setting at some time in
> the past.
If it's prompting him for a passphrase, it thinks he has a PGP key and
wants to sign his outgoing email with it.
Daniel
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