epa and keys

epa and keys

[Colin Baxter]

Hello,

I want to sign an email (mail mode, not message mode) using M-x
epa-mail-sign <RET>.

I would have expected to have been presented with a list of keys from
which to choose, but, instead, I am asked to enter my password for the
first key in my key-ring. (The first key is effectively the default, if
no default key is explicitly set). Unfortunately, I want to sign with
another key in my key-ring.

How can I force epa to present me with a choice of keys rather than the
first? I am using gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.26.

Thanks.

Best wishes,

Colin.

-- 
Colin Baxter
URL: http://www.Colin-Baxter.com

Re: epa and keys

[Robert Pluim]

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>>>>> On Mon, 11 May 2020 10:54:53 +0100, Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> said:

    Colin> Hello,
    Colin> I want to sign an email (mail mode, not message mode) using M-x
    Colin> epa-mail-sign <RET>.

    Colin> I would have expected to have been presented with a list of keys from
    Colin> which to choose, but, instead, I am asked to enter my password for the
    Colin> first key in my key-ring. (The first key is effectively the default, if
    Colin> no default key is explicitly set). Unfortunately, I want to sign with
    Colin> another key in my key-ring.

    Colin> How can I force epa to present me with a choice of keys rather than the
    Colin> first? I am using gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.26.

C-u M-x epa-mail-sign

should do that, which is not described in the docstring nor in the
manual. Thereʼs an epa-mail-mode minor mode as well with more
convenient bindings for the signing and encrypting commands.

Iʼd recommend message-mode and mml-secure-sign-pgp, but that has other
annoying bugs in its unconfigured state that I haven't fixed yet.

Robert
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Re: epa and keys

[Colin Baxter]

Dear Robert
>>>>> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>> On Mon, 11 May 2020 10:54:53 +0100, Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> said:
    Colin> Hello, I want to sign an email (mail mode, not message mode)
    Colin> using M-x epa-mail-sign <RET>.

    Colin> I would have expected to have been presented with a list of
    Colin> keys from which to choose, but, instead, I am asked to enter
    Colin> my password for the first key in my key-ring. (The first key
    Colin> is effectively the default, if no default key is explicitly
    Colin> set). Unfortunately, I want to sign with another key in my
    Colin> key-ring.

    Colin> How can I force epa to present me with a choice of keys
    Colin> rather than the first? I am using gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.26.

    > C-u M-x epa-mail-sign

Universal argument, excellent. That worked!

    > should do that, which is not described in the docstring nor in the
    > manual.

Not telling anyone - now that's sneaky:-)

    > Iʼd recommend message-mode and mml-secure-sign-pgp

Yes, I normally use message mode, but, because of the way I have things
configured, sometimes I have to use mail.

Thanks again.

Best wishes, Colin.

-- 
Colin Baxter
URL: http://www.Colin-Baxter.com

Re: epa and keys

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Mon, 11 May 2020 15:48:22 +0100, Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> said:
    >> should do that, which is not described in the docstring nor in the
    >> manual.

    Colin> Not telling anyone - now that's sneaky:-)

Iʼve put it on my to-fix list.

    >> Iʼd recommend message-mode and mml-secure-sign-pgp

    Colin> Yes, I normally use message mode, but, because of the way I have things
    Colin> configured, sometimes I have to use mail.

message-mode is supposed to be a replacement for mail-mode. Is there
something missing from it for your use-case?

Robert