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Does Thunderbird have a setting that allows the user to choose how long it remembers the passphrase for the PGP secret key?

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Thunderbird does not use a passphrase per key. The private key is protected by the primary password, so it's highly recommended to set one.

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Thunderbird does not use a passphrase per key. The private key is protected by the primary password, so it's highly recommended to set one.