Downloading public keys with GnuPG

[CL Gilbert]

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Ben Branders wrote:
| Hi everyone,
|
| I just switched from PGP to GnuPG.  I now use Mozilla with Enigmail.
| There is only one problem.  How do you download public keys from a
| keyserver with GnuPG/Enigmail ??
|

You can't.  Enigmail can automatically lookup and download keys from
signatures found in emails.  But without an email, enigmail can not do
anything.  So you must use GnuPG for that.

| I tried several times and with different keyservers, but it just doesn't
| work...  .
|
| This is what the error window says: (with a http server)
|
|> enigmail> c:\tools\gnupg\gpg.exe --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2
|> --keyserver http ://pki.surfnet.nl/ --recv-keys 0x9B15A06C gpg: NOTE:
|> old default options file `C:/Mijn documenten/PGP\options' ignored
|> gpg: system error while calling external program: No such file or
|> directory gpg: WARNING: unable to remove tempfile (out)
|> `C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gpg-8BB970\tempou t.txt': No such file or directory
|> gpg: no handler for keyserver scheme "http"
|
|
| And this happens with a LDAP server
|
|> enigmail> c:\tools\gnupg\gpg.exe --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2
|> --keyserver
|> ldap ://pgp.surfnet.nl --recv-keys 0x9B15A06C gpgkeys: internal LDAP
|> bind error: Server buiten bedrijf gpg: NOTE: old default options file
|> `C:/Mijn documenten/PGP\options' ignored gpg: no valid OpenPGP data
|> found. gpg: Total number processed: 0
|
|
| What am I doing wrong? Am I using the wrong keyserver?
|

probably try a different keyserver but also try it without the protocal
'http:' or 'ldap:' attached to your command.


| Thanks in advance...
|

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Thank you,


CL Gilbert
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