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enigmail package

  1. Bug #1325832
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 1325832

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

I looked at the source to figure out what it did.

The Enigmail website documents it as follows (note: seahorse is the gnome-keyring GUI):

https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/advanced.php

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Use gpg-agent for passphrase handling: GnuPG version 2.0.x is distributed with the GnuPG passphrase agent, a tool for caching passphrases. This is especially useful if several passphrases are used. Enabling this option makes Enigmail use the gpg-agent also for GnuPG version 1.4.x (requires the tools gpg-agent and pinentry to be installed!). Note that in some distrubutions, Seahorse is installed instead of gpg-agent. This may cause trouble when using OpenPGP SmartCards. If you use a smartcard for your key, then either use gpg-agent and enable this option or unset it AND make sure the environment variable GPG_AGENT_INFO is unset prior to starting Enigmail since GnuPG expects gpg-agent be running once it detects GPG_AGENT_INFO.

Do not activate this option, if you want Enigmail to ask you for your passphrase.
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If you want Enigmail to change the documentation to make the current behaviour clearer, please file a bug on their website, and attach it to this bug:

https://www.enigmail.net/support/bugs.php

Thanks!