[Enigmail] Quickly downloading keys from message body?

John Clizbe John at Mozilla-Enigmail.org
Wed Aug 27 23:18:07 PDT 2008


John Clizbe wrote:
> Tyler Spivey wrote:
>> Hello. From what I understand, when Enigmail says that I need to click
>> on the pen icon that's supposed to be there, it will automatically
>> search for (and possibly download) the key of the person in the From:
>> field. My screen reader can't find the icon, and I've looked in the
>> menus without finding the option that the icon sounds like (from google
>> searches) that it should perform. The closest that I've gotten is to
>> copy the From: address, open the key manager, and search for it there.
>> Is there an easier way to do this that I'm missing?
> 
> Include lines like these in gpg.conf
> 
> keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net
> keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve include-subkeys include-revoked
> 
> The two include-* keyserver options aren't required, just helpful.
> With these two lines, GnuPG will attempt to automatically retrieve any key it
> needs to verify a signature. Enigmail will only bother you if the auto-retrieve
> fails to locate the required key.

You may also specify this (without the two include-* keyserver options) by
specifying the preferred keyserver in the lower text box on the Keyserver tab in
Enigmail's Advanced preferences.

-- 
John P. Clizbe                      Inet:John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
You can't spell fiasco without SCO. hkp://keyserver.gingerbear.net  or
     mailto:pgp-public-keys at gingerbear.net?subject=HELP

Q:"Just how do the residents of Haiku, Hawai'i hold conversations?"
A:"An odd melody / island voices on the winds / surplus of vowels"

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