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Re: [msmtp-users] Password parameters patch



On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 06:51:40AM +0200, Martin Lambers wrote:
> Gpg with Mutt will fail when gpg asks for the decryption password,
> because Mutt restricts terminal input/output. But when you use
> gpg-agent, gpg will query the agent instead, and that should work. If
> you use a GUI, you will get a GUI password prompt from gpg-agent,
> independent of the terminal Mutt uses. Without a GUI, you can probably
> give the agent the password before running Mutt. The agent will
> remember the password for a configurable time so you only have to enter
> it once.

Thanks for these details. And yes, I understand you don't want to include de
--password parameter support. gpg-agent will do the trick with passwordeval.

Cheers

Pierre