[imp] Imp 4.3.11 - PGP encrypt Message

John H. Bennett III bennettj at thebennetthome.com
Fri Nov 9 20:19:30 UTC 2012


Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> 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 Horde H3 is seriously out-of-date.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
>

Your guess would be correct!  I was trying to send between two users  
on my system, sending it to myself works, so at least now I have some  
direction on what I must do.

Thank you,

John Bennett

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