On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 09:33:23AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 02:26:56AM -0500, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 08:27:15AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 11:25:56PM -0500, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 06:56:11PM -0500, Asif Iqbal wrote: > > > > > I need some help with mutt/gpg. I am sending my email with autosign. > > > > > Now > > > > > how do I disable the Enter PGP Passphrase prompt since I do not use > > > > > it ? > > > > > > > > Why don't you just use a ridiculously long timeout for autoforgetting > > > > your passphrase? You just hit RETURN the first time, and never have to > > > > > > Because it would be an ugly kludge? > > > > so what? It works, and doesn't break anything :-) > > Breaks your personal integrity. Oh, that just breaks my heart ;-P > > > > enter it again. > > > > > > Does Mutt not use an int counter? > > > > huh? > > Means it's not `forever', just for 2**31 units of time or so. It's really 2**32-1, which is closer to 2**32, so let's use that instead: $ echo $((2**30/60*100/60*2/24*2/36525)) 136 136 years is an awfully long time to be running a program without upgrading (or segfaulting, or losing power, or SOMETHING). Besides, your 32-bit machine's time_t is obsolete, so time itself will be reset on your system (not to mention you'll probably be dead anyway, but I assume you'll set up a trust to keep Mutt running postmortem, or make some other suitable arrangements) long before Mutt forgets your passphrase, so we could just as easily call it forever. Now, if you're running on a 64-bit machine or with a libc implementing a 64-bit time_t, the 136 above should be multiplied by 2**32, which means the sun will probably have exploded before Mutt forgets your passphrase (again, assuming your terribly ancient Mutt is still running at that time ... "Hey, Gramps?" "What's up, my little Mikey?" "What's that funny thing in the basement hooked up to a string of black boxes which is hooked up to the wall?" "Well, you see, son ... billions of years ago, your great x 143165576 grandpa set up this thing in order to see whether it'd forget his passphrase before the sun exploded." "Oh, so that biggish thing is, like, an ancient computer?" "Yes, son." "...and what about all those other boxes?" "Well, the one closest to the computer is an uninterruptible power supply. Back in those days, they were necessary in order to make sure the computer had a steady supply of electricity. However, it has long run out of recharging capability, so a few of the other boxes are also uninterruptible power supplies. The rest are adaptors; it's been a long time, you know, and coventions for plugs, voltages, and power cycling have all changed many times. Your great x 143165576 grandpa was a very brave man, you know. He challenged all the other scientists of this computer over here, and a few years ago, he finally won on a bright morning, the 187th day of the solar year. He has brought honor to our family, and you should be proud. I have been pushing for Jan to be added to the 187th day saints, but the sainters don't really understand history very well, so they don't appreciate his contribution to society. . ." --translated through many hops from some language of the future to early 21st century English) ;-P $ echo $((2**30/30*2*2)) 143165576 - 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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