Using gpg with emacs mu4e and mbsync

[famubu]

> --for-your-eyes-only does nothin but setting "_CONSOLE" as embedded
> filename - it is a useless option and is a PGP 2 legacy.

I figured this would be needed since the man page mentions something
about ensuring that no file is saved. I took it to mean that using
this would be more secure.

> Do not use --no-tty but use
> 
>  gpg -v --batch -d -o -  ~/.authinfo.gpg

Using `--batch` gave error: `Sorry, we are in batchmode - can't get 
input
The command was: `gpg -q --batch --pinentry-mode loopback -d ~/file.gpg`

> assuming that you want to see the output on stdout (it is actually the
> default with -d but better better make it explicit).

I need the output to be usable by mbsync. And mbsync would get the
password via emacs. So I don't want the output on stdout.

I had actually got this to work from within emacs at some point.
But I suppose I ended up changing the config and messed it up.
I tried different versions of the config that I ended up with by
commenting/uncommenting out parts of it, but to no avail.

> > use-agent
> That is a no-op for many many years.

Ah.. I now see in the man page about it being a dummy option.

> Pretty please update to a current version (2.5.20).  2.2.7 is 8
> years

I was just using the gpg version available in my distro.
Got to update to newer distro version. But been putting it off since I
got to back up my files first.
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