Re: Gnus and pgp

[Richard Riley]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> Let's debug it.  Run the following in a clean (emacs -q) instance:
>
> (require 'epa-file)
> (require 'auth-source)
> (require 'cl)
> (epa-file-enable)
> (setq auth-source-debug t ; use `message' to log messages
>       epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption t
>       auth-sources '((:source "~/.authinfo.gpg" :host t :protocol t)))
> (auth-source-user-or-password "login" "richardriley.net" "imap")
>
> What does the last call return (should be your login name)?  What's in
> *Messages*?
>
> Thanks
> Ted

It returns my login name ok. 

*Messages* just has

auth-source-user-or-password: found (login)=(shamrock) for richardriley.net 
(imap)
"shamrock"


I also got prompted for a symmetric password to unlock the authinfo.gpg

Note that my login name for the remote host is, in this case, the same
as my local login id.