[imp] Imp 4.3.11 - PGP encrypt Message

Michael M Slusarz slusarz at horde.org
Fri Nov 9 19:56:44 UTC 2012


Quoting "John H. Bennett III" <bennettj at thebennetthome.com>:

> Quoting Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org>:
>
>> Citeren "John H. Bennett III" <bennettj at thebennetthome.com>:
>>
>>> I started testing using PGP encryption.  I can't send email if I   
>>> choose to encrypt or encrypt/sign the message. If can send mail   
>>> using any of the other PGP options.
>>>
>>> The error, I'm getting is:
>>>
>>> ?PGP Error: Could not obtain public key from the keyserver.
>>>
>>> Here is a copy of my imp settings:
>>> $conf['utils']['gnupg'] = '/usr/bin/gpg';
>>> $conf['utils']['gnupg_keyserver'] = array('pgp.mit.edu');
>>> $conf['utils']['gnupg_timeout'] = 10;
>>>
>>> I did some searching on the 'Net, and was able to send a query to   
>>> the mit.edu key server, and get a response from it, and the public  
>>>  key matches what's shown in Imp's options.
>>>
>>> My FW isn't blocking the traffic, so unless some other device is   
>>> upstream, I'm at a loss why I'm getting this error.
>>>
>>> Any additional things to look at, would be appreciated.  All of my  
>>>  Horde H3 modules are up to date.
>>
>> Horde H3 is seriously out-of-date. Consider upgrading.
>>
>> Best regards, Arjen
>>
> This I know, but this is the version that currently gets installed  
> with the distro I'm using.  If it's updated, then I'll certainly  
> test again.

Just throwing out a guess: you are trying to encrypt a message but you  
don't have the recipient's public key locally and that public key  
doesn't live on a keyserver either.  No public key = no encryption.

michael

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