I recall a number of people having a hell of a time getting mutt to work with PGP. And now a patch is needed? What versions of mutt require this patch? I'm currently using version 1.4.1i, currently distributed with Slackware 9.1. On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 06:53:10PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > If you download the pgp_create_traditional patch setting it up isn't > really that hard. but without that patch it's a lot of work. > On Thu, Mar > 04, 2004 at 05:41:34PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > It's one thing to get the scoop on gpg and mutt, but something > > different to find the time to sit down and set it up (sigh). > > > > BTW, gnupg comes with slackware 9.1 in the n series. > > > > Greg > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 01:04:25PM -0600, Thomas Stivers wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On 03/04/04 11:28 AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > > I've seen PGP stuff in mail for years but never really grasped how one > > > > could really validate the key and such. Can you point one to some > > > > intro docs to get us started? I don't want to have to read 10 volumes > > > > on advanced data encryption schemes to get a clue but at least some > > > > basic steps on how to configure mutt / pine and how the process works > > > > and whether or not I should register my public key; that would be a > > > > pay service, would it not? Any way, sorry for the dumb questions but > > > > > > Its not a pay service, that's one of the big differences between pgp and > > > the signing/encrypting system that M$ products use. > > > > > > > if it is all that valuable, I might as well get on board:). > > > > > > The GNU Privacy Guard (gpg for short) is Gnu's tool which provides pgp > > > functionality. Pgp is a piece of commercial software, but it is also the > > > generic term for the openpgp system. Openpgp is defined in RFC2440. Now > > > that all that is out of the way to the good stuff. Most distributions, > > > or at least Redhat and Debian have gnupg packages. I don't remember > > > about slackware as it's been a few years sense I used Slackware. One way > > > or another you can install gnupg from source as you would any other > > > tarball. It is available at www.gnupg.org. To learn the basics and what > > > the point of signing and encrypting messages is the GNU Privacy Handbook > > > is a pretty good read. It can be found at > > > http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html. I think it goes over the basics > > > pretty well. Once you have your keys created, backed up, and uploaded to > > > a keyserver like subkeys.pgp.net (hopefully that is all explained in the > > > GPH) you need to get mutt or pine configured to work with gpg. I am > > > using mutt, so I am more familiar with it, but I think if you google for > > > a package called pgp4pine or even just pgp AND pine there are several > > > different sets of scripts to make handling pgp in pine relatively > > > painless. For mutt if you put the contents of > > > /usr/share/doc/mutt/examples/gpg.rc in your .muttrc it should just work. > > > If it doesn't I can resend the relevant portion of my file (actually > > > Debian's /etc/Muttrc). It really isn't all that hard and you needn't > > > know the nuts and bolts of krypto to get a working setup. If you have > > > any more questions just let me know and I will try to help out. I am > > > just a user though, and don't really know all that much. Good luck. > > > > > > - -- > > > Clarke's Corollary: > > > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. > > > Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFAR3255JK61UXLur0RAhmzAJ4sOz69LNYfd1qKCj5qj/7nrpK/3gCeIrdp > > > zidWoQ0a71NC7aotk5JHwKM= > > > =IxBw > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > back. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAR8Fl9XVrM3ri110RAkixAJ0ZDNADijlDBm1/Go48sg9jpvrOnQCeLwtO > eau+EsFTT8UN2PTtyQx29q8= > =+zcz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown
