Sync'ing with Server - Why - PGP
This is a discussion on Sync'ing with Server - Why - PGP ; I have PGP 8.0.3 on Windows 2000.
When I send a message with Outlook Express to someone (who's public
key I already have - signed and trusted), PGP will go out to the
servers to search for a match (with ...
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Sync'ing with Server - Why
I have PGP 8.0.3 on Windows 2000.
When I send a message with Outlook Express to someone (who's public
key I already have - signed and trusted), PGP will go out to the
servers to search for a match (with the simulated greeen LEDs bouncing
back and forth).
Why does it do this if I already have the recipients keys?
If I click Cancel, PGP will show my public key ring and give me the
option of dragging keys down to the recipients list. It will also show
an unknown recipient (no match -- with a red question mark). How do I
trouble shoot this to understand why the recipient has no match?
My co-worker, who seems to have identical PGP settings (but uses
Outlook, not Outlook Express) does not seem to have these problems.
Any help will be appreciated!
-- Clint
-- clint@robotic.com
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Re: Sync'ing with Server - Why
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Hash: SHA1
clint@robotic.com (Clint Laskowski) writes:
>I have PGP 8.0.3 on Windows 2000.
>When I send a message with Outlook Express to someone (who's public
>key I already have - signed and trusted), PGP will go out to the
>servers to search for a match (with the simulated greeen LEDs bouncing
>back and forth).
>Why does it do this if I already have the recipients keys?
I am guessing here.
I once tried to mark a key as trusted. This worked fine with PGP 6.5.8,
but silently failed with 8.0.3. I refetched the key from a keyserver.
It turned to be revoked.
It seems that PGP 8 is checking with a keyserver to see if the key is
revoked before it will allow you to set trust. It is probably doing
the same for encrypting.
There is an option setting (the "servers" tab) for synchronizing with
a server during key verification. Perhaps turning that off would
change the behavior you are seeing.
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Re: Sync'ing with Server - Why
Are you sure you have a perfect match between the user ID on your
keyring and the address in the message? Check not only the E-mail
address itself, but also the name. You might even check for
differences in extra spaces.
is not the same as "David Ross"
. The latter includes my name.
Similarly, "David Ross" is not the same as
"David E. Ross" . The latter includes my
middle initial.
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