[Evolution] Evolution and PGP/GPG signature

[Des Dougan]

On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 21:52 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 16:36 -0800, Des Dougan wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 08:01 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 14:06 +0100, Stephane Rozes wrote:
> > > > Hello the list
> > > > 
> > > > I use the Evolution mail client on a Debian PC. I installed GPG and I
> > > > would like to sign my e-mails.
> > > > 
> > > > But when I sign them, the GPG signature is embedded in a .asc file
> > > > rather than in the header/footer of the e-mail like this :
> > > > 
> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > > > Version: PGP 8.1
> > > > 
> > > > iQEVAwUBQb7feuwxxD18aHUpAQFzTwf9FaVjG/pOfNL5IUW2O1RnRKO6DWTNoS32
> > > > 4sxu9BYuip2HKBgaTvBlmYnzJ5U0axCWYotz/c1anXUXwcqYZVEl07jIA4coeuw3
> > > > rxHBexXMrZR52WNZeTabQoyl0JTF6IyPQzs1uht0vSROV6bhoGJN2yMF7+sFbROM
> > > > XPkI4rR451N1s0rNmqoZYj4lu+zP4w8vbnYj/Ck1jvtKEs2cH8qHRKmJtjJJrpAc
> > > > jG6sKOzf6NnjI3PHIIkdhOeAt3OWFtw87y/xCtSUjhjsMkRHN/x7PLh2hfG08Aqp
> > > > prOtk3riatCuB0Pa+ElAFGU9qI/KnmboU9JNh70jbnz0GNis1hmydg==
> > > > =aPvL
> > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > > > 
> > > > And I search a way to verify the signatures like above with Evolution.
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you in advance for your help
> > > 
> > > Interesting.  I'm Running Evo 2.0.3 on Sid (and have been since the
> > > 1.0 days), and GPG signing works perfectly for me.
> > > 
> > > This email is signed, so you should see an icon and yellow band 
> > > at the bottom, with the wording, "Valid signature, cannot verify 
> > > sender".
> > 
> > I see "Invalid signature" on your message.
> > > 
> > > What happens if you do this from an xterm:
> > > $ gpg --list-keys 8834C06B
> > 
> > # gpg --list-keys 8834C06B
> > gpg: error reading key: public key not found
> 
> Try this:
> $ gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu --list-keys 8834C06B
> 
> 
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8834C06B
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=ron.l.johnson@cox.net&op=vindex
> 
# gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu --list-keys 8834C06B
gpg: error reading key: public key not found

Both URLs resolve OK.


Des
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