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Jochen Plikat

10 Sep, 2015 09:58 AM

GPG Keychain
Version 1.2.1 (1147)

First of all, thanks for this great software! I have a question about a missed feature: automatic key lookup. Wouldn't it be awesome if every time I try to send an unencrypted E-Mail to a recipient, a window would pop up and tell me: "Hey, this recipient has a public PGP key, would you like to import it to your keychain and use it for encryption?" Is this feature planned (or something similar, like automatic lookup of all the addresses in local address book)?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Steve on 10 Sep, 2015 03:44 PM

   

   Hey Jochen,

   this is one of the first feature requests we created. It's been a wish for a long time to support that exact functionality. Adding your vote.

   We have a ticket for this problem. I connected this discussion with the existing ticket. That means, should this discussion get closed, it will be re-opened as soon as the ticket is closed. That way you'll receive a notification. Feel free to open a new discussions should you run into further problems or need assistance.

   We'll let you know as soon as we have news.

   Kindly,
   steve

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2. 2 Posted by Jochen Plikat on 10 Sep, 2015 04:19 PM

   
   
   

   thanks for your message. Yes, this seems to be a feature which many users miss. For the time being, key-management is done manually, so an semi-automatic solution would be great (I wouldn’t want to use a fully automatic solution for security concerns: I still would want to have a look at every key which I import into my keychain. But the software should propose me to do so whenever a public key is available).

   
   

   Apart from that, I think GPGTools is a great tool which integrates seamlessly with the Mac mail.app! Thanks for this excellent software!

   
   

   Kindly, Jochen

   
   

   
   

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   Am 10.09.2015 um 17:44 schrieb Steve <[email blocked]>:

   
   

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   From: Steve (Support staff)
   Subject: Automatic key lookup
   
   Hey Jochen,
   
   this is one of the first feature requests we created. It's been a wish for a long time to support that exact functionality. Adding your vote.
   
   We have a ticket for this problem. I connected this discussion with the existing ticket. That means, should this discussion get closed, it will be re-opened as soon as the ticket is closed. That way you'll receive a notification. Feel free to open a new discussions should you run into further problems or need assistance.
   
   We'll let you know as soon as we have news.
   
   Kindly,
   steve
   
   
   
   View this discussion at our support site online: http://support.gpgtools.org/discussions/feedback/1688-automatic-key-lookup
   
   
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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Steve on 10 Sep, 2015 04:22 PM

   

   Thanks for your encouraging words. We'll keep the suggestions in mind as we move forward.

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4. Steve closed this discussion on 10 Sep, 2015 04:22 PM.

5. Steve closed this discussion on 04 Oct, 2016 09:15 AM.

6. Steve closed this discussion on 13 Jun, 2018 08:07 PM.