Re: [Evolution] Evolution/GPG

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2016-02-20 at 16:56 +0100, Stig Roar Wangberg wrote:
> to. den 11. 02. 2016 klokka 18.39 (+0000) skreiv Pete Biggs:
> > > What about this, then? Does this say anything about why there's
> > > always
> > > two .dat-files attached together with the encrypted attachment?
> > >
> > > --=-FBjrxYQ2/8R5tscH+TLU
> > > Content-Type: application/pgp-encrypted; name="dat.asc"
> > > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="dat.asc"
> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> > >
> > > And if so, what does it tell me?
> >
> > As the "Content-Type:" says, that's the PGP encrypted attachment.
> >
> > I don't know why there are two .dat files.
> >
> > If you want, forward the mail (as an attachment) to me and I'll
> > have a
> > look at it.  But it won't be immediately.
> >
> > P.
>
> Everything is working just fine now! I'm very pleased with Evolution.
> But what does it mean when it says that the signature is valid, but
> cannot confirm the sender (I don't know the exact wording in
> English)? 

For an identity to be recognised the key has to signed by you or by
someone you trust. Otherwise it's just a key someone registered on a
key server, which anyone can do because the key servers don't check.

Read the man page for gpg or gpg2 where it talks about key signing.

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