Re: Why do I need a passphrase???
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:53:36PM -0500, Chris Jones <cjns1989@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:29:06PM EST, Kent West wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Must be a default .. I never set a passphrase in my email client.
I don't think it's a default, but if you have the line
set crypt_replysign=yes
in /etc/Muttrc, /etc/Muttrc.d/*, or ~/.muttrc, you'll see this
behavior.
Daniel
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