[MlMt] GPG and Yubikey neo (smartcard)
Benny Kjær Nielsen
mailinglist at freron.com
Mon Aug 31 09:38:19 EDT 2015
On 29 Aug 2015, at 4:33, Christopher LILJENSTOLPE wrote:
> I've flipped over to using a yubico neo usb 'smartcard' as my GPG
> keychain. It works fine, but there's a problem with MailMate's GPG
> support. Everytime the neo gets asked to sign/encrypt a message, I
> get prompted for a PIN (that's just the way it works). The problem is
> that it seems as if MailMate asks for a signature/encrypt multiple
> times during composition (maybe up to 4-5 times in my experience -
> maybe when the draft gets saved?). That gets disruptive to keep
> getting pin pops. Any way to get that sign/encrypt function to only
> fire on send?
Not currently. If it was possible, would you be ok entering the pin for
every email you send? Still seems a bit annoying even though it is much
better than the current situation. (MailMate would have to call `gpg2`
at least once per email.)
--
Benny
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