On 12/08/2008 11:36:08 AM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > Am 08.12.08 19:52 schrieb(en) Geoffrey Leach: > > Popup begins, "Checking the signature ....". The mail item itself > has > > a little red padlock (cute!) and a note at the bottom that begins, > > "PGP signature: The signature could not be verified due to a > missing > > > key." > > Well, the last message says it all... the gpg engine ejects with a > fatal error. Methods to solve this effect: > > - Add the statement "keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve" to your > ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf file. Gpg will then automagically try to retrieve > the key. Basically, there is no good reason why you shouldn't add > these keys to you local key ring; if you don't sign them, you don't > trust them, and consequently balsa will show you a yellow padlock. > However, it still can check the integrity of the message itself (this > > is how the "web of trust" is supposed to work). > > - Right-click on the mailbox folder, select Properties, and say > "never" > for "Decrypt and check signatures automatically". As to check a > signature or to decrypt an encrypted message, you now have to use the > > button in the headers box manually. The message will pop only if you > > issue the check. > > Hope this helps,
Yes it does, thanks. I would argue that there ought to be a way of globally setting this preference, ... _______________________________________________ balsa-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/balsa-list
