On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:11:37PM -0800, seberino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have read lots of docs on using PGP and/or GPG in mutt. /me suggests you duck ;-) > To just sign emails, I can just set pgp_sign_command, pgp_good_sign > and pgp_decode_command. Only 3 extra lines in .muttrc if I'm not > mistaken..... Well, that's all you need for a barebones PGP config. > My question is this, it is clear what pgp_sign_command is > for but what does pgp_decode_command and pgp_good_sign do? > Why do I need to "decode" my email if I'm just signing?? You don't need to. > There is a pgp_decrypt_command so decode does NOT mean decryption. However, you need to decode the PGP signature if you hope to be able to verify anybody's signature (including your own). > Also, what is need for pgp_good_sign?? pgp_good_sign is useful to set if your PGP/GPG return code is bogus. Here's what TFM has to say about it (from section 6.3: Configuration variables): pgp_good_sign Type: regular expression Default: "" If you assign a text to this variable, then a PGP signature is only considered verified if the output from $pgp_verify_command contains the text. Use this variable if the exit code from the command is 0 even for bad signatures. HTH, - Dave -- Uncle Cosmo, why do they call this a word processor? It's simple, Skyler. You've seen what food processors do to food, right? Please visit this link: http://rotter.net/israel
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