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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good Day,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> This very novice would appreciate some help.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> My situation:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I have several Raspberry Pi 4 computers running the Raspberry Operating System (Raspbian GNU/Linux [buster], Version ID=10) at my home. I need each of them to send me an email notification when certain functions are performed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I have gpg version 2.2.12-1+rpi1+deb10u1 installed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To this end, I have configured the mail system called msmtp on each Raspberry Pi 4 computer. I can send email to my myself via my Gmail and david.donnelly.com (IONOS.COM) accounts manually and interactively using msmtp on each of the Raspberry Pi 4 computers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Problem:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>However, following good internet security policies, I tried to encrypt my email account passwords using GPG (Gnu PG: <a href="https://gnupg.org/">https://gnupg.org/</a>). These encrypted passwords are to be stored in a file on each Raspberry Pi4 computer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Now, first off, this encryption process worked fine for my Gmail Account. I was able to run the following command: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg --encrypt -o .msmtp-gmail.gpg -r <a href="mailto:donnellydw@gmail.com">donnellydw@gmail.com</a> -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The password provided was encrypted with no problems and the associated file was created.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>However, when I try to run the same command using my david.donnelly.com (IONOS.COM) email account:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg --encrypt -o .msmtp-ionos.gpg -r <a href="mailto:david.donnelly@daviddonnelly.com">david.donnelly@daviddonnelly.com</a> -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>or<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg --encrypt -o .msmtp-ionos.gpg -r <a href="mailto:2d@daviddonnelly.com">2d@daviddonnelly.com</a> -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I get the following three errors:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg: error retrieving 'david.donnelly@daviddonnelly.com' via WKD: Network error<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg: <a href="mailto:david.donnelly@daviddonnelly.com">david.donnelly@daviddonnelly.com</a>: skipped: Network error<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg: [stdin]: encryption failed: Network error<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If I substitute and use my <a href="mailto:2d@daviddonnelly.com">2d@daviddonnelly.com</a> email address, I get the same three errors:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg: error retrieving '2d@daviddonnelly.com' via WKD: Network error<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg: <a href="mailto:2d@daviddonnelly.com">2d@daviddonnelly.com</a>: skipped: Network error<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg: [stdin]: encryption failed: Network error<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I then reran the encryption command using my Gmail address:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>gpg --encrypt -o .msmtp-gmail.gpg -r <a href="mailto:donnellydw@gmail.com">donnellydw@gmail.com</a> -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>and encryption and file creation was successful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>At face value, I have internet access, my network is working, so I have concluded something is causing a problem in the gpg program with resolving/determining/? how to translate my IONOS.COM custom e-mail address: <a href="mailto:david.donnelly@daviddonnelly.com">david.donnelly@daviddonnelly.com</a> or <a href="mailto:2d@daviddonnelly.com">2d@daviddonnelly.com</a> vice the GPG program fully understanding how to handle the "gmail.com" address.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Dave<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>