[Enigmail] Enigmail hanging when importing a public key?

[John Clizbe]

Matt wrote:
> When I do OpenPGP -> Key management. Keyserver -> Refresh all public
> keys. Do I update my keyring against 1 server? Or does it
> (enigmail/gnupg) make a new DNS query for each key? Something in between?

First, keys with preferred keyserver settings are refreshed by querying the
indicated server. Then GnuPG generates and sends a single request to your
selected keyserver (either in gpg.conf or Enigmail's settings) for the remaining
keys.

> Is it different if I select a bunch of keys and do Keyserver -> Refresh
> selected keys?

Not really. If you select a set of keys, those key IDs are passed to GnuPG. If
you select Refresh All, GnuPG generates the list from your keyring.

> Is this selection (on how often to query) done in enigmail, or gnupg?

*ALL* actual key operations are handled by GnuPG. Enigmail only serves as a
front end, generating a command line which is passed to GnuPG for execution.


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