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- To integrate PGP 2.1 with Elm and NN:
-
- 0) Make sure the path of Perl in the first line of each of the three
- files reflects the full path of this utility for your system. Also,
- make sure that the EDITOR and PAGER environment variables reflect your
- editor and pager of choice (vi and less will be used by default).
-
- 1) Put the files morepgp, mailpgp, and postpgp in one of the
- directories on your PATH.
-
- 2) Modify your ~/.elm/elmrc file to contain the following lines:
-
- editor = mailpgp
- pager = morepgp
-
- 3) Modify your ~/.nn/init file to contain the following lines:
-
- set editor postpgp
-
- That's all folks! Now, each time you post a message or reply to a
- message with nn, after you exit your editor, you will be asked whether
- you want to sign your message. Each time you compose a private message
- with elm, or reply to a message, and leave the editor, you'll be asked
- whether you want to sign and/or encrypt the message. When you browse a
- message, if it contains any PGP blocks, those will be properly
- interpreted. When you reply to a message containing PGP blocks, you'll
- have them properly decrypted and quoted in your editor.
-
- BUGS
-
- 1) You cannot encrypt messages that you mail from nn. You can only
- sign them.
-
- 2) When you reply to a PGP-encryted message, the encrypted message is
- temporarily kept on the disk, which is a security hole.
-
- 3) The temporary files are not wiped out, they are just deleted.
-
- 4) The scripts are ugly, reflecting my lack of knowledge of Perl. In
- fact, I don't know Perl at all; I hacked somebody else's scripts. If
- you know Perl better then me, please feel free to improve the scripts
- and don't forget to mail me a copy of the improved version.
-
- I can be contacted as Vesselin Bontchev at
- bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
-
-