On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:42:45PM EST, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 09:29:06PM -0600, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > Chris Jones wrote: > > > I have noticed that in order to reply to their posts some users on this > > > list require that I provide a "PGP passphrase" .. whatever that may be. > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure someone more knowledgeable about PGP/GPG than am I will answer > > shortly, but in the meanwhile, I'll take a shot. > > > > It sounds to me like you have PGP or GPG installed in your email client, > > and it's configured to encrypt email when responding to emails that have > > an indication of encryption capability on the other end (such as a > > "signed" signature, etc), and your email client is then prompting you > > for your PGP passphrase, which you don't recall setting at some time in > > the past. > > If it's prompting him for a passphrase, it thinks he has a PGP key and > wants to sign his outgoing email with it.
By tomorrow I'll be sober and figure out what I'm doing wrong. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
