Am Samstag, den 20.02.2016, 21:14 +0100 schrieb Stig Roar Wangberg: (...) > > > > > > > > > > Everything is working just fine now! I'm very pleased with Evolution. > > > > > But what does it mean when it says that the signature is valid, but > > > > > cannot confirm the sender (I don't know the exact wording in > > > > > English)? > > > > > > > > I think it is the same what I see here: > > > > Signatur existiert, jedoch wird der öffentliche Schlüssel benötigt. > > > > or > > > > gpg: Signatur am Sa 20 Feb 2016 16:56:34 CET mit RSA Schlüssel, ID > > > > 7C174863, erfolgt. > > > > gpg: Unterschrift kann nicht geprüft werden: Öffentlicher Schlüssel > > > > nicht gefunden. > > > > > > > > I haven't checked the English UI but it could there sound like: > > > > Signature exists but the public key however is needed/required. > > > > or > > > > gpg: Signature at the Sa 20 Feb 2016 16:56:34 CET with RSA key, ID > > > > 7C174863, is carried out. > > > > gpg: Signature cannot be checked: Public key not found. > > > > > > Oh, I was expecting this from others, like when I don't trust or sign > > > their keys. Hm. I didn't expect from my own private key. So I have to > > > sign and trust my own key too! Like gpg --sign, and level of trust. I > > > wonder if I should trust myself with level 5 ... ;) > > > > > So your expectation is right. Me - as OTHER one - can't trust the sender > > is really YOU as far as not having your public key to check if it fits > > the private key you signed your mail with. Keeps me hanging on if I > > don't know where to get your public key, except you would be so kind to > > send it to me. Easiest way was to include it in your mail somewhere. > > I don't know, how Evolution exactly handles this, but the mechanisms of > > PKI are simple at last ... > > What happens if you run gpg --recv-keys 7C174863 ? That will give you my > public key, right?
thomas@ga-78:~$ gpg --recv-keys 7C174863 gpg: Schlüssel 7C174863 von hkp-Server keys.gnupg.net anfordern gpg: /home/thomas/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trust-db erzeugt gpg: Schlüssel 7C174863: Öffentlicher Schlüssel "Stig Roar Wangberg <s...@openmailbox.org>" importiert gpg: Anzahl insgesamt bearbeiteter Schlüssel: 1 gpg: importiert: 1 (RSA: 1) > You can also type in my email address in gpg.mit.edu. > But I'm really curious if my public key-block is supposted to be > attached to my signature? The 7C174863 is already there, yes? gpg: Signature at the Sa 20 Feb 2016 16:56:34 CET with RSA key, ID 7C174863 > I don't > know what people usually do. Probably compare the fingerprints with each > other before they sign and trust. How Evolution works, I really don't > know. > > My key weren't confirmed in my sent messages before I trusted my own > key. So I guess that's what other people that trust me have to do too. Let's see now I once imported your PK ... :-) _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
