[Gaim-e-developer] Getting a unknown key from a keyserver

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I have done some research into handling the get key from keyserver
problem.  According to
http://home.arcor.de/dralbrecht.dress/balsa/balsa2-gpg.html, gpgme will
automatically get keys from a keyserver when a flag is set in the
~/.gnupg/gpg.conf file.

<Quote>
Note that gpg/gpgme will try to get the key automatically when you add
the option auto-key-retrieve to keyserver-options in the gpg options
file (please see the man page for details).
</Quote>

Therefore, to get gpg keys from a keyserver, we need to do the following:
1. Have a settable option in the config window for auto-fetching keys
from a keyserver and which keyservers to use.

2. Parse ~/.gnupg/.gpg.conf for the appropriate flags to get current
settings.   I'll try and work on a function to do this and set a global
flag for whether or not auto-fetch is enabled and what keyservers are
selected or if none are.

3.  Be able to set the above values in ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf.  I will also
try and work on a function for this.

4. Warn the user when a key is not present in the keyring and that we're
getting it from a keyserver if they have get keys from keyserver set.

If anyone would like to work on the other parts with me, please reply to
the list.

Adam Schreiber
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