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Nonstandard Paths
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   The information in this section should be unnecessary, but is
provided "just in case".

   Mailcrypt will look for the PGP executable in your standard search
path under the name `pgp'.  To use a different name (or to provide a
complete path), set the variable `mc-pgp-path'.

   PGP 5.0 includes four separate executables, usually installed as
"pgpe", "pgps", "pgpv", and "pgpk". The variables `mc-pgp50-pgpe-path',
`mc-pgp50-pgps-path', `mc-pgp50-pgpv-path', and `mc-pgp50-pgpk-path'
tell Mailcrypt where to find them if they are not on your search path.

   GnuPG is normally installed as "gpg". `mc-gpg-path' tells Mailcrypt
where to find the executable if it is not on your path.

   In order to keep your identities straight, Mailcrypt needs to know
where your secret keyring resides.

   Mailcrypt figures this out heuristically by assuming that the file
`secring.pgp' is in the same directory as your public key ring.  It
determines the location of the latter by doing a dry run of PGP with
`+verbose=1' and parsing the output.

   If this heuristic is failing for you, you can manually tell Mailcrypt
where your secret key ring is by setting the variable `mc-pgp-keydir',
like this:

     (setq mc-pgp-keydir "/users/patl/.pgp/")

   Note that the trailing slash is _required_.

   If the heuristic fails, please report it as a bug (Note: Credits).

   Note that if you have changed the default location of your secret
keyring, Mailcrypt will be unable to locate it.  You can work around
this by either setting `mc-pgp-keydir', or by making a symbolic link to
your secret keyring from `secring.pgp' in your default public keyring
directory.


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