Dean -- First, I must note that you shouldn't just reply to any old message and start a new thread. This has nothing to do with hooks or even any prior musings.
...and then [EMAIL PROTECTED] said... % % Hi all Hello! % % I have just got GNUPG working with Mutt, and since I am still new to % Mutt and PGP I am very impressed. Welcome! You have a delightful mountain of learning ahead of you :-) % % However by default (my choice), I now sign all outgoing emails % (including this one I hope), I have increased the timeout threshold of Yep; it was signed. % mutt remembering my secret key password so that it doesn't prompt me for % each email (just every few hours). That makes some sense, as long as you're confident that your terminal and connection are secure. % % But I was wondering how other people do this and sign all outgoinging I do the same thing; I have my $pgp_timeout bumped up and I lock my screen(1) session under PuTTY (at work or sometimes home) or ssh (at home) when I leave it and then my PC at work has the screen saver and lock cranked down to one minute. If I'm not just stepping outside my cube to grab a printout then it'll get closed up pretty quickly. Yes, it's now second nature to keep tapping the shift key if I'm deep in thought about something on the screen :-) % emails. Do you just accept that you need to enter your password every % so often, and "thats life" so to speak? You'll definitely need to enter it every so often; you don't want to store it in a file or in an environment variable or anywhere else insecure. Yeah, someone could probably patch mutt to accept a much longer timeout, but every nine hours or so is a pretty good maximum; once a day as you sit down to work and you're not bothered unless you stay late. % % Thanks for any help offered. HTH & HAND % % - Dean :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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