[Enigmail] Enigmail passphrase entry with GnuPG2 - possible to not use gpg-agent?

Patrick Brunschwig patrick at mozilla-enigmail.org
Mon Nov 10 08:11:42 PST 2008


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Mark Rousell wrote:
> I see that when Enigmail is being used with GnuPG2, it automatically
> uses the pinentry program for passphrase entry and cacheing.
> 
> For various reasons I'd prefer to to continue using Enigmail's own
> passphrase dialog and cacheing with GnuPG2, just as I did with GnuPG1.
> 
> Is there a way to do this?

No, this is not possible. GnuPG2 _requires_ the gpg-agent (it's a
decision taken by the GnuPG developers, nothing to be done on the side
of Enigmail).

- -Patrick
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