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| author | Kevin McCarthy <kevin@8t8.us> | 2021-04-19 14:20:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Kevin McCarthy <kevin@8t8.us> | 2021-04-19 14:20:47 -0700 |
| commit | 4b6cd846cb2d68c769182a0699d997a004d1d78a (patch) | |
| tree | f4d131f4840e0618f5523840fce01eb2c23cc71c /doc | |
| parent | 10c66a53a30884df4b89b7f791a661b40a2f9212 (diff) | |
Add a note about crypto operations being available interactively.
They aren't available in batch mode. This was mentioned in the "batch
compose flow" section, but should be mentioned a bit more prominently
in the manual.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual.xml.head | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual.xml.head b/doc/manual.xml.head index 02b8c530..6b11e65d 100644 --- a/doc/manual.xml.head +++ b/doc/manual.xml.head @@ -1981,6 +1981,12 @@ See also the <link linkend="postpone">$postpone</link> quad-option. <title>Encryption and Signing</title> <para> +Mutt supports encrypting and signing emails when used interactively. +In batch mode, cryptographic operations are disabled, so these options +can't be used to sign an email sent via a cron job, for instance. +</para> + +<para> OpenPGP and S/MIME are enabled in one of two ways: <quote>classic mode</quote> or GPGME. The former invokes external programs to perform the various operations; it is better tested and more |