Re: [Evolution] Public key vs. sub-key

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 19:02 +0100, Stig Roar Wangberg wrote:
> on. den 23. 03. 2016 klokka 08.14 (+0100) skreiv Milan Crha:
> > On Tue, 2016-03-22 at 20:10 +0100, Stig Roar Wangberg wrote:
> > > I'm trying (again) to send a crypted message, but I get the message that
> > > Evolution is using sub-key instead of publi key. How can I change this,
> > > please?
> >     Hi,
> > the evolution only calls either gpg2 or gpg binary with some arguments
> > and that's all. If you make the default behaviour of the gpg2 or gpg
> > use public keys, not subkeys, then you'll make it working for the
> > evolution too. Though I do not understand what is wrong with the
> > subkey. I'd expect that gpg2/gpg knows well why it chose the subkey,
> > instead of the public key (well, "public key", they both are public,
> > when it's a subkey of the public key, no?).
> >     Bye,
> >     Milan
> How exactly do I make it default? Please? Do I do it in the terminal, or
> are the settings to be found here in Evolution, please?

As Milan implied, there are no settings for this in Evolution.
Evolution just calls gpg or gpg2. I'd assume they offer some manual, or
maybe Seahorse also offers such functionality (I have not checked).

Cheers,
andre
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