X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/055a895769a54ac5f23fcc8c97a00fb30e7437b0..96bd07a3226700156fa7d5ec20e9bd6550c95057:/lisp/gnus/smime.el diff --git a/lisp/gnus/smime.el b/lisp/gnus/smime.el index 9bec58a46f..888974e140 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/smime.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/smime.el @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ :group 'mime) (defcustom smime-keys nil - "*Map mail addresses to a file containing Certificate (and private key). + "Map mail addresses to a file containing Certificate (and private key). The file is assumed to be in PEM format. You can also associate additional certificates to be sent with every message to each address." :type '(repeat (list (string :tag "Mail address") @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ certificates to be sent with every message to each address." :group 'smime) (defcustom smime-CA-directory nil - "*Directory containing certificates for CAs you trust. + "Directory containing certificates for CAs you trust. Directory should contain files (in PEM format) named to the X.509 hash of the certificate. This can be done using OpenSSL such as: @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ certificate." :group 'smime) (defcustom smime-CA-file nil - "*Files containing certificates for CAs you trust. + "Files containing certificates for CAs you trust. File should contain certificates in PEM format." :version "22.1" :type '(choice (const :tag "none" nil) @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ File should contain certificates in PEM format." :group 'smime) (defcustom smime-certificate-directory "~/Mail/certs/" - "*Directory containing other people's certificates. + "Directory containing other people's certificates. It should contain files named to the X.509 hash of the certificate, and the files themselves should be in PEM format." ;The S/MIME library provide simple functionality for fetching @@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ and the files themselves should be in PEM format." (eq 0 (call-process "openssl" nil nil nil "version")) (error nil)) "openssl") - "*Name of OpenSSL binary." + "Name of OpenSSL binary." :type 'string :group 'smime) ;; OpenSSL option to select the encryption cipher (defcustom smime-encrypt-cipher "-des3" - "*Cipher algorithm used for encryption." + "Cipher algorithm used for encryption." :version "22.1" :type '(choice (const :tag "Triple DES" "-des3") (const :tag "DES" "-des") @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ and the files themselves should be in PEM format." :group 'smime) (defcustom smime-crl-check nil - "*Check revocation status of signers certificate using CRLs. + "Check revocation status of signers certificate using CRLs. Enabling this will have OpenSSL check the signers certificate against a certificate revocation list (CRL). @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ At least OpenSSL version 0.9.7 is required for this to work." :group 'smime) (defcustom smime-dns-server nil - "*DNS server to query certificates from. + "DNS server to query certificates from. If nil, use system defaults." :version "22.1" :type '(choice (const :tag "System defaults")