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How to import existing GPG keypair

Open Eggo-Plant opened this issue 3 years ago • 3 comments

I'm having trouble figuring out what directory that Mailpile reads gpg keypairs from. Is it possible to import my own gpg keys?

Eggo-Plant avatar May 02 '21 21:05 Eggo-Plant

Yes, you can import your own GPG key. There are two routes on how Mailpile handles GPG keys:

  • Using the system GnuPG; I believe this is the default.
  • Using an internal library, which can be set through the Mailpile settings.

You want to use a keypair corresponding to a mail account you have setup in Mailpile?

h3artbl33d avatar May 03 '21 06:05 h3artbl33d

What I'm trying to do is import my own gpg key that I generated outside of mailpile.

ghost avatar May 04 '21 00:05 ghost

@Eggo-Plant You need to import it in you system GnuPG, from which Mailpile will take it up automatically https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/184947/how-to-import-secret-gpg-key-copied-from-one-machine-to-another

edo0 avatar Jun 30 '21 15:06 edo0