Re: Gnus and pgp

[Richard Riley]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:35:17 +0100 Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> 
> wrote: 
>
> RR> I just wonder how many of you were using pgp and something like
> RR> gupg-agent?
>
> RR> I was having terrible connection problems for ages with a set up like
> RR> this:
>
> RR> ,----
> RR> | (require 'auth-source)
> RR> | (require 'epa-file)
> RR> | (setq epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption t) ;;VERY 
> Important
> RR> | (if (file-exists-p "~/.authinfo")
> RR> |     (setq auth-sources '((:source "~/.authinfo" :host t :protocol t)))
> RR> |     (setq auth-sources '((:source "~/.authinfo.gpg" :host t :protocol 
> t))))
> RR> | (setq 
> RR> |       mml2015-encrypt-to-self t
> RR> |       mml2015-cache-passphrase t
> RR> |       mml2015-passphrase-cache-expiry 60000
> RR> |       mml2015-verbose t)
> RR> `----
>
> RR> When using the .gpg, hard to pinpoint but constant refusals to connect
> RR> to a server (nntp) when doing a refresh or even starting Gnus for the 
> first
> RR> time. Often quitting gnus and then restarting fixed it. I know the
> RR> default above is .authinfo as that is my set up now (I just recreated
> RR> the .authinfo from the .gpg file) and all connection issues vanished.
>
> RR> Is anyone else here using the epa stuff with more success? Can you share
> RR> your setup? I would love to use the (chmodded) .authinfo and replace
> RR> with a .gpg but it doesn't seem very stable with my set up above.
>
> RR> I know the agent was running fine.
>
> I don't use the GnuPG agent, I just cache the passphrase locally.  It
> works perfectly for me with heavy daily usage.  Can you try that (set
> GPG_AGENT_INFO=none) and see if it works for you?
>
> Ted

I wasn't aware you could do that! Works reliably now indicating an issue
with emacs talking to the agent.