Thus wrote ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [99.07.17 06:29]:
> On 0, rex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > AFAIK there is a keybinding in mutt that allows to extract a
> > > PGP public key. In my help-menu for the index there is a line
> > >
> > > ^K extract-keys extract PGP public keys
> > >
> > > Unfortunately if I use the required keys (ctrl + K) this keybinding
> > > wont add the requested PGP-public-key to my ~/.pgp/pubring.pgp file.
> >
> > Try it on this message.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to this list, I have found a similar problem,
>
> the trouble that I am having is that, when I use ^K, it fires up gpg, but
> it does not give you a chance to see the output, therefore the only way to
> check if the key has been added is by invoking gpg wiht --list-public-keys
>
> For example, when I tried it on this message, as you suggest :), it did not
> add the key. It found it alright, but I could not see what the error was,
> after saving this to a file, and invoking gpg manually, I find:
>
>
> gpg: key 6C620FC9: unsupported public key algorithm
> gpg: key 6C620FC9: no valid user ids
> gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg: w/o user IDs: 1
>
> and hence this wont have been added. It would be useful if the output was
> caught somewhere, or an opitional pause was added, is this the case ?
>
> cya
This is what I got when using ^K on the same message:
gpg (GnuPG) 0.9.8; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
gpg: armor header: Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use
gpg: pub 1024R/6C620FC9 1994-07-13 Rex Sheasby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
gpg: key 6C620FC9: unsupported public key algorithm
gpg: key 6C620FC9: skipped userid 'Rex Sheasby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
gpg: key 6C620FC9: skipped userid '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
gpg: key 6C620FC9: skipped userid '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
gpg: key 6C620FC9: skipped userid '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Press any key to continue...
I get the "Press any key to continue..." prompt when doing most gpg stuff
from within Mutt, maybe you have something set differently? (My pgp/gpg
settings are all default ones).
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