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Re: How to send PGP-encrypted mail non-interactively?



* Rene Tschirley <tschirley@xxxxxxxxxxx> [11-22-06 11:58]:
> I'd like to have a script which sends eMail Cron-triggered on a daily
> basis. So far no problem for mutt, but it has to be PGP-encrypted
> with gnupg.
> 
> The private key does not contain a passphrase, the machine which has
> the key and shall send the eMail is well secured. The mail content is
> created by a script, default PGP encryption is activated:
> 
> set pgp_use_gpg_agent=yes
> set pgp_autosign=yes
> set pgp_autoencrypt=yes
> set crypt_autopgp=yes
> set crypt_autosign=yes
> set crypt_autoencrypt=yes
> 
> I tried
> 
>   mutt -s "Test" -a <attachment> -i <body> <to_addr>
> 
> but Mutt started interactively and wanted me to acknowledge every single
> process. I tried
> 
>   mutt -s "Test" -a <attachment> -i <body> <to_addr> < /dev/null
> 
> and
> 
>   mutt -x <to_addr>-s "Test" -a <attachment> < <body>
> 
> but Mutt sends the eMail unsigned and uncrypted.

encrypt the attachment prior to feeding it to mutt.

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