[Enigmail] Enigmail passphrase entry with GnuPG2 - possible to not use gpg-agent?

[Mark Rousell]

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>>> I see that when Enigmail is being used with GnuPG2, it automatically
>>> uses the pinentry program for passphrase entry and cacheing.
>>> For various reasons I'd prefer to to continue using Enigmail's own
>>> passphrase dialog and cacheing with GnuPG2, just as I did with GnuPG1.
>>> Is there a way to do this?
>> Open the OpenPGP Preferences >> Advanced Tab and make sure the box next
>> to "use GPG Agent to cache passphrase" is _not_ checked.
> 
> Thanks for the response. Unfortunately that option seems to have no
> effect when using GnuPG2. The setting is remembered as far as Enigmail's
> preferences dialog is concerned but the gpg-agent program is always used
> no matter what the setting is.
> 
> In fact it was noticing that this setting seemed to have no effect that
> caused me to ask this question.

Further to the above the software versions are as follows:

Windows Vista x64
Enigmail 0.95.7
GnuPG 2.0.7 (installed via Gpg4win 1.1.3) and GnuPG 2.0.10-svn4864
(installed with Gpg4win 1.9.9 Beta).

The behaviour with both GnuPG2 versions is identical: They both use the
gpg-agent passphrase dialog and cacheing no matter what Enigmail's
setting is.



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