Ted Zlatanov <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:35:17 +0100 Richard Riley <[email protected]> > 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. _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
