Re: Gnus and pgp

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:08:11 +0100 Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote: 

RR> I wasn't aware you could do that! Works reliably now indicating an issue
RR> with emacs talking to the agent.

Since EPA is part of Emacs proper, you should file a bug.  I know it's
not easy to repeat the bug but it certainly seems annoying.

On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:20:44 +0100 Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote: 

RR> Works fine now with your suggestion. But now I am confused as to how to
RR> correctly set this up. Do I still need to to set (nntp-authinfo-file
RR> "~/.authinfo.gpg") for each secondary select method call? And if so,
RR> where doe the epa set up come in? If you could explain how it fits
RR> together that would be great.

I set the authinfo file globally, with just auth-sources.  I don't set
it per select method.  You can, but the effect will be different and I
don't know for sure it will work correctly.

When you load EPG/EPA (I forget the exact package demarkation) a handler
is set up for .gpg files *by default* (you can change that).  When you
open or save such a file, it's automatically decoded or encoded by the
EPG/EPA handlers.  All of this is outside Gnus.  So specifying a .gpg
file for auth-sources is no different than a regular file.

Ted