[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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