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. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
