Re: [Evolution] GPG and Evolution

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 09:26, Jason Frisvold wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>       I've been using Evolution for a short time now and it seems to be a
> great product.  I have a problem I would like to solve, though.  I use
> GPG to sign my emails.  I'd like to be able to sign them and have a user
> with a windows machine and PGP be able to verify the signature. 
> However, PGP doesn't seem to be able to recognize the GPG signature.

how so?

>       I understand this is a GPG issue.  There is an Evolution part to this,
> though.  Evolution calls GPG internally (from what I can tell)...  Is
> there a way to call GPG from Evolution with certain parameters?

no, but what parameters would you call gpg with different from what we
already do?

>   Does it
> automatically use the gpg.conf file when it runs GPG?

we don't tell gpg to use any gpg.conf file, but gpg does still check
it's own config settings in ~/.gnupg/options if that is what you mean?

>   Is there anything
> configurable at all regarding GPG in evolution?

not really, no. other than "Always trust" which sends the --always-trust
option to gpg.

>       Oh ...  :)  And lastly, why does Evolution still call it PGP?  *grin*

because gpg implements the Pretty Good Privacy specification. the name
wasn't chosen by which executable it runs, but rather the specification
it implements.

Jeff

> Any help is much appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
-- 
Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
fejj ximian com  - www.ximian.com