On 10/06/06, gentuxx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

My understanding is that these are different key types.  S/MIME is
typically used for PKI type certificates, not GnuPG certificates.  You
would need a DoD or Verisign (or some other publicly recognized CA)
certificate to use S/MIME.  Depending on what you're trying to do,
GnuPG should be sufficient.

Thanks gentuxx.  Would you know what missing backend kmail is
complaining about?  I am using gpg-agent (which is now part of gnupg)
- can't his handle S/MIME certificates?
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Regards,
Mick
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