Next step: now KMail freezes

[bsmaillist at skynet.be]

On Thursday 29 July 2004 08:53, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:39:46 +0200, bsmaillist  said:
> > dirmngr[4134]: error opening
> > `/home/user/.gnupg/dirmngr_ldapservers.conf': No such file or directory
>
> What about creating this configuration file?  We need to know the
> addresses of the CRL in case tehre is no CRL Distribution Point in the
> certificate.
>
>   Werner

There is no AIA in the certificate nor a CRL distribution point.
There is no CRL, these are simply self-made test certificates. 

Is a CRL mandatory for GnuPG / gpgsm to function correctly?
And how does this explain that KMail freezes when CRL checking is explicitly 
disabled?