Todd <Freedom_Lover@xxxxxxxxx> [2003:12:22:13:03:36-0500] scribed: > Michael D Schleif wrote: > > Suppose that I want to encrypt a message to myself. As it is, when > > I receive that message in mutt, it is automatically decrypted and > > displays the decrypted message automatically. > > > > How can I configure mutt/pgp so that I must enter the password > > *prior* to being able to read the encrypted message? > > The setting $pgp_timeout controls how long (in seconds) mutt will > cache a pgp passphrase. It defaults to 300. So if you receieve your > own message within that time and open it, mutt won't need a passphrase > to decrypt it. You could set the value to something less or 0 to > disable caching. Doh ;> Wow! The holiday season has numbed my brain. Of course, during the timeout period the password is active and the message is automatically decrypted. Consider this a no-problem, and ignore me today . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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