Re: [Evolution] Evolution/GPG

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2016-02-07 at 13:14 +0100, Stig Roar Wangberg wrote:
> su. den 07. 02. 2016 klokka 11.56 (+0000) skreiv Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > On Sun, 2016-02-07 at 08:27 +0100, Stig Roar Wangberg wrote:
> > > People tell me my letters aren't sign, or at least they can't see
> > > any
> > > sign of it. Here, after sending it, it says "valid signature".
> > > When I
> > > sing a letter in the terminal, it begins with a Hash: SHA256 and
> > > ends
> > > with END PGP SIGNATURE. And if I paste in a sign letter from the
> > > terminal into Evolution, it says "invalid signature". But I have
> > > only
> > > one key. 
> > >
> > > I put in my ID under "security". I left the SHA valute to choose
> > > my
> > > key
> > > (I think). Can anyone clarify this for me, please?
> >
> > You CANNOT simply paste a signed message into Evo and expect the
> > signature to be valid. The signature covers the entire message,
> > including the headers Evo adds before sending, so doing this
> > absolutely
> > guarantees that the signature will be bad.
> >
> > To use signed messages in Evo, simply click on PGP Sign (or S/MIME
> > sign
> > if you have the certificate), then hit Send. There's nothing
> > mysterious
> > about it and messing around with cut and paste from a terminal
> > session
> > is completely unnecessary.
> >
> > poc
>
>
> My key is set to the SHA value of 256. Should also choose that value
> under 'security' below my key ID too? This is my last question. 

The key ID is the 8-character value that appears when you run "gpg --
list-keys", or run seahorse. See https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution
/3.18/mail-encryption-gpg-set-up.html.en

poc