[Enigmail] enigmail fails to start

2019-07-26 Thread Philip Jackson
Using enigmail version 2.0.12 (20190707-1417) Thunderbird 60.8.0 (64-bit) gpg 2.2.4 in UbuntuStudio 18.04 LTS I noticed over the past couple of weeks that occasional emails in gnupg or enigmail lists appeared to have no content, only the footer. The message source showed these were signed messag

Re: [Enigmail] enigmail fails to start

2019-07-28 Thread Philip Jackson
On 27/07/2019 19:04, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > I think you suffer the same issue as Jan-Peter Rühmann - one of your > keys is spoiled with 100.000s of useless signatures. > > See here for more details: > Tha

[Enigmail] behaviour of enigmail 1.6 in Thunderbird 24.2.0

2013-12-15 Thread Philip Jackson
the same as in the 'second case' above and all work same as in case three above. The only difference between third and fourth cases is the colour of the band displayed which I assume is due to my having signed the key in case four. My conclusions are : when signatures are unknown or unver

Re: [Enigmail] behaviour of enigmail 1.6 in Thunderbird 24.2.0

2013-12-16 Thread Philip Jackson
scenarios. i only have time > to respond to one of them now, but i think they all warrant further > review and probably some functionality changes. > > On 12/15/2013 12:43 PM, Philip Jackson wrote: > [a bunch of good diagnostics snipped] > >> Fourth case : sender

Re: [Enigmail] behaviour of enigmail 1.6 in Thunderbird 24.2.0

2013-12-17 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi all, I thank you all (Daniel, Ludwig, Anne, Olav) for your comments on my note re: the Details button. I'll think about some suggestions for improving the messages given by Enigmail when the 'Details' button is solicited and then file a bug report. Anne - I should have added that I was using

Re: [Enigmail] behaviour of enigmail 1.6 in Thunderbird 24.2.0

2013-12-17 Thread Philip Jackson
On 17/12/2013 14:38, Anne Wilson wrote: > On 15/12/2013 17:43, Philip Jackson wrote: >> 1. import public key : this seems to work and the imported key is >> immediately displayed in Kleopatra but not in Thunderbird key manager until >> Thunderbird is restarted > >

Re: [Enigmail] behaviour of enigmail 1.6 in Thunderbird 24.2.0

2013-12-19 Thread Philip Jackson
On 17/12/2013 14:38, Anne Wilson wrote: > On 15/12/2013 17:43, Philip Jackson wrote: >> 1. import public key : this seems to work and the imported key is >> immediately displayed in Kleopatra but not in Thunderbird key manager until >> Thunderbird is restarted > >

Re: [Enigmail] behaviour of enigmail 1.6 in Thunderbird 24.2.0

2013-12-20 Thread Philip Jackson
On 20/12/2013 15:48, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 18.12.13 00:24, Philip Jackson wrote: >> On 17/12/2013 14:38, Anne Wilson wrote: >>> On 15/12/2013 17:43, Philip Jackson wrote: >>>> 1. import public key : this seems to work and the imported key >>>>

Re: [Enigmail] behaviour of enigmail 1.6 in Thunderbird 24.2.0

2013-12-20 Thread Philip Jackson
On 20/12/2013 00:20, Olav Seyfarth wrote: >> With 1.6, I never found a usable option for 'view OpenPGP photoID' under >> > the 'Details' button - it was always grayed out. With 1.7a1pre, sometimes >> > it is there and it works. Other times it is grayed out but the photoID is >> > present and can

[Enigmail] photoID

2013-12-23 Thread Philip Jackson
mail instance of these three respondents. Three respondents have greyed out options for each email although the photoID is present in their keys. Something has been changed in respect to photoID in 1.7a1pre but it doesn't work all the time. - Phi

Re: [Enigmail] photoID

2013-12-30 Thread Philip Jackson
On 29/12/2013 16:38, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 23.12.13 23:33, Philip Jackson wrote: >> Hi, > >> During recent testing with enigmail 1.7a1pre, I found that >> sometimes under the 'Details' button there was the usable option to >> 'View OpenPGP p

[Enigmail] default settings for key servers in enigmail

2014-01-04 Thread Philip Jackson
ers were sychronised but apparently there must be something wrong with 'subkeys.pgp.net'. If that is the case, maybe enigmail should be shipped without that server being listed ? Has anyone else seen this ? - --------- Philip Jackson GnuPG

Re: [Enigmail] Citation gone upon connection failure

2014-01-23 Thread Philip Jackson
send is in progress. - --------- Philip Jackson GnuPG Public Key :0x23543A63.asc On 23/01/2014 20:20, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > Hi Olav, > > On 23.01.14 17:32, Olav Seyfarth wrote: >> Hi List, > >> using Enigmail in

Re: [Enigmail] per recipient rules not in menu

2014-01-30 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Did you check the OpenPGP/preferences in Thunderbird ? If 'Display Expert Settings' is not selected in preferences, Thunderbird does not display the OpenPGP/Edit per recipient rules (and others are misiing too). This is the behaviour of Thunderbird /

Re: [Enigmail] expired keys

2014-02-01 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Enigmail, I always thought that the Enigmail key manager only displayed 2 columns (Name, Key ID) but Ludwig's reply caused me to look again. It took me 5 minutes to find the tiny icon which permits you to select another 5 columns. This is very we

[Enigmail] Key Manager - column display

2014-02-01 Thread Philip Jackson
combinations of columns have undesirable effects too. This I observed with Windows 7 64 bit, using Enigmail version 1.7a1pre (20140101-0013). I have checked it again with v1.6 and find these same effects. - - Philip Jackson Domaine le Theron Chemin du

Re: [Enigmail] Key Manager - column display

2014-02-02 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On 02/02/2014 09:29, Nicolai Josuttis wrote: > Enabling and disabling columns in this dialog uses the standard technique > of Thunderbird. You have the same button in the main window to configure > which column to display for emails. This might

Re: [Enigmail] keymanager - column display

2014-02-02 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi : I have now managed by pulling and pushing borders to get a display of key manager with 5 columns : Name, KeyID, Type, Key validity, Expiry. This is quite acceptable. On 02/02/2014 16:42, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > There is ... you have to dra

Re: [Enigmail] keymanager - column display

2014-02-02 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/02/2014 20:31, David wrote: > On 2/2/2014 12:40 PM, Philip Jackson wrote: >> Hi : > >> I have now managed by pulling and pushing borders to get a display of key >> manager with 5 columns : Name, KeyID, Type, Key valid

Re: [Enigmail] keymanager - column display

2014-02-02 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/02/2014 22:01, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > On 02.02.14 18:40, Philip Jackson wrote: > >> (...) My conclusion is that there must be some difference in the >> implementation of the key manager display and the Thunderbird displ

Re: [Enigmail] keymanager - column display

2014-02-02 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/02/2014 22:01, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > On 02.02.14 18:40, Philip Jackson wrote: > >> (...) My conclusion is that there must be some difference in the >> implementation of the key manager display and the Thunderbird displ

Re: [Enigmail] Public key for enigmail

2014-02-14 Thread Philip Jackson
I'm lost here Nico. Which are the 2 menu bars ? Are you talking about the 'Write' window ? Philip Jackson On 14/02/2014 18:07, Nicolai Josuttis wrote: > BTW, > having two OpenPGP entries in two menu bars seems > to be a bit confusing. > Should we change the second to

[Enigmail] security violation

2014-03-01 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Receiving the 'reminder' email sent out by enigmail with passwords in clear text was a bit of a shock. It is as though enigmail doesn't believe in its mission. Could we try to make sure that this doesn't happen again ? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- V

Re: [Enigmail] security violation

2014-03-01 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/03/2014 19:52, David wrote: > On 3/1/2014 1:21 PM, Philip Jackson wrote: >> Receiving the 'reminder' email sent out by enigmail with passwords in >> clear text was a bit of a shock. It is as though enigmail doesn&#x

Re: [Enigmail] Hello, World!

2014-03-05 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Wayne : I sent you an encrypted message to yourt email address. Pnj On 05/03/2014 19:15, Wayne Ernst wrote: > Hi, Folks, > > Just looking for someone to test public/private key stuff with. Anybody > who'd be willing to help me test my encryption/

Re: [Enigmail] Open PGP test

2014-03-19 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Charles : I can't find your public key on a keyserver. Did you publish it ? Philip On 19/03/2014 16:24, Charles Walker wrote: > Hello, this is Charles. I'm trying to find someone that will help me > confirm my PGP is working properly. Thanks in

[Enigmail] use with Ubuntu 13.10

2014-03-21 Thread Philip Jackson
he linux filesystem.) - --------- Philip Jackson GnuPG Public Key :0x23543A63.asc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTLDXHAAoJECa9UAojVDpjYdUH/0UpNs/+AE9QTKoN6ryjJ25V 4U/1byRx1Vrxf68rRXbb2LiSWfAYfLHffHYkwj0auEbJ

Re: [Enigmail] "trust the keys of all recipients" is problematic text

2014-03-26 Thread Philip Jackson
ad of > {invalid,revoked,expired,-,unknown,marginal,trusted} A logical consequence to remove 'trusted' from the values set and I would go with the change of the column to 'UserID validity' too. > At the moment, it's possible to have a key that is "Key Val

Re: [Enigmail] "trust the keys of all recipients" is problematic text

2014-03-26 Thread Philip Jackson
of a sensitive nature. It is completely a different question for the treatment of contents which have a sensitive nature. One must be stupid to send sensitive contents, encrypted or not, to a person whose identity is not proven and trusted. - - P

[Enigmail] strange behaviour from enigmail

2014-04-17 Thread Philip Jackson
he error message was not relevant to the problem and was not helpful, and in fact lead me down the wrong path. Why would it say that the key could not be found or was not valid ? Gpg4win was running, enigmail's key management appeared to be working correctly. - ---

Re: [Enigmail] test implementation for auto encryption available in test-branch

2014-04-20 Thread Philip Jackson
ions for full, marginal, unknown trust levels? - --------- Philip Jackson Tel : (+33) 468 49 80 53GnuPG Public Key :0x23543A63.asc On 20/04/2014 19:35, Nicolai Josuttis wrote: > The new model provides different options to auto send

Re: [Enigmail] test implementation for auto encryption available in test-branch

2014-04-20 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/04/2014 00:12, Nicolai Josuttis wrote: > > > Am 20.04.2014 21:38, Philip Jackson schrieb/wrote: >> Hi Nicolai, > >> I've downloaded and installed the 1.7a1pre-test version. Patrick's link >> shoul

Re: [Enigmail] test implementation for auto encryption available in test-branch

2014-04-22 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/04/2014 01:30, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Hi Nico-- > > thanks for your work on this; i'm really glad to see people thinking it > through in detail. > > Responses in more detail below, along with a more radical proposal that > hopefully w

Re: [Enigmail] test implementation for auto encryption available in test-branch

2014-04-25 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 25/04/2014 22:19, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > [skipping a bunch of discussion covered elsewhere in the thread and jumping > directly to the UI/UX proposals] > > On 04/22/2014 05:00 PM, Philip Jackson wrote: >> What about some co

[Enigmail] difficulty in getting message sent

2014-04-27 Thread Philip Jackson
s - no extra or missing space, no wrong case. Is there some other possible explanation for the repeated aborts ? - --------- Philip Jackson GnuPG Public Key :0x23543A63.asc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v

Re: [Enigmail] difficulty in getting message sent

2014-04-27 Thread Philip Jackson
On 27/04/2014 14:14, Kenneth Jones wrote: > Phase of the moon, perhaps. I can go with that !! > On Apr 27, 2014, at 20:02, Philip Jackson wrote: > >> Is there some other possible explanation for the repeated aborts ? > > ___

Re: [Enigmail] difficulty in getting message sent

2014-04-27 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/04/2014 16:16, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 27.04.14 14:02, Philip Jackson wrote: >> I prepared a first message to be encrypted to a new recipient whose key I >> had retrieved from a key server. First attempt to send it

Re: [Enigmail] difficulty in getting message sent

2014-04-27 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/04/2014 16:30, Andreas Hirsch wrote: > Hi Philip, > > quoting Philip Jackson, [2014-04-27 14:02]: >> I prepared a first message to be encrypted to a new recipient whose key I >> had retrieved from a key server. Fir

Re: [Enigmail] thunderbird HTML warning

2014-05-01 Thread Philip Jackson
plain text are under thunderbird's tools/account settings which it seems you have already found. - --------- Philip Jackson France GnuPG Public Key :0x23543A63.asc On 01/05/2014 15:38, anatak wrote: > I keep getting the HTML warning in Thunderb

Re: [Enigmail] question regarding a new sending preferences layout

2014-05-04 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/05/2014 14:00, Nicolai Josuttis wrote: > Hi, > > please look at the attached dialog. You can see a couple of new feature > that all should help users to set encryption options. > > Without explanation: - Is it self explaining? - Any improveent

Re: [Enigmail] auto-send-encryption option now available in nightly build of enigmail

2014-05-11 Thread Philip Jackson
On 09/05/2014 18:41, Nicolai Josuttis wrote: > Hi all, > > yesterday I merged my changes to support the option to automatically > send encrypted if all keys are known (and valid). > With this, you can probably skip a lot of recipient-rules > and still use encryption whenever possible. > > The bui

Re: [Enigmail] auto-send-encryption option now available in nightly build of enigmail

2014-05-14 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Nico : On 11/05/2014 15:41, Nicolai Josuttis wrote: >>> Currently: >>> - Having a yellow background signals you want to encrypt/sign; >>> a grey background signals you don't want to encrypt/sign. >>> These are buttons you can use to enable your request to encrypt >>> - A plus signals then

Re: [Enigmail] still having plain text issue

2014-06-13 Thread Philip Jackson
In Thunderbird's address book, a right click on a contact name will allow you to select properties for the person concerned. At the bottom of the contact tab, there is an option to set preference for Plain Text or html. Hope that helps pnj On 13/06/14 11:34, Anna F J Morris wrote: > One of my co

Re: [Enigmail] new nightly built with several updates

2014-06-15 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Nico, Looks good at first glance. Time will tell how it performs. On 15/06/14 09:49, Nicolai Josuttis (enigmail) wrote: > - In the account specific menu you can now select the > general defaults for signing/encryption/pgpmime > - The decision to automatically sign when the > email i

Re: [Enigmail] 15 June nightly build

2014-06-15 Thread Philip Jackson
> ps. for this message, it should be signed by default. My initial attempt > at clicking the send button produced an error "Bad pass phrase" "send > failed". > > I wasn't even invited to enter a passphrase. So I have disabled signing > to get this message away. I don't yet understand if this

Re: [Enigmail] 15 June nightly build

2014-06-16 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Daniel : I sent another mail - this is NOT a problem with the nightly build. It is my installation. On 16/06/14 07:27, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 06/15/2014 08:53 AM, Philip Jackson wrote: >> But when I want to send a signed email, it presents first the OpenPgp >> confirma

Re: [Enigmail] 15 June nightly build

2014-06-17 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Daniel : On 16/06/14 23:59, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Hi Philip-- > > over on enigmail-users, > On 06/16/2014 09:58 AM, Philip Jackson wrote: >> me@me-desktop:~$ gpg --sign test-message >> >> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for >> user: &

Re: [Enigmail] Ubuntu uses old enigmail-Version

2014-07-03 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/07/14 10:50, Alexander Buchner wrote: > Hi, > > if some people on this list use enigmail with Ubuntu, I would kindly ask > them to support the following wish (bug report) for Ubuntu to update the > package to a recent version: > https://bugs.la

Re: [Enigmail] Request for Translation

2014-07-05 Thread Philip Jackson
This is weird - I received this email and Thunderbird showed it as coming from Onno Ekker. I clicked on the Details button to view key properties and find I'm looking at Patrick Brunschwig's cert (which does check with the cert ref shown in the header). And reading the email shows that indeed it

Re: [Enigmail] Ubuntu uses old enigmail-Version

2014-07-05 Thread Philip Jackson
On 04/07/14 15:19, Alexander Buchner wrote: > Am 03.07.2014 14:18 schrieb Philip Jackson: >> It is actually quite easy to download and install the latest version of >> enigmail or even a nightly build. >> >> Download the version you want from Enigmail's websi

Re: [Enigmail] Posting style and peculiarities of inline-PGP

2014-07-05 Thread Philip Jackson
On 05/07/14 19:17, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > On 05.07.14 18:22, Philip Jackson wrote: >> This is weird - I received this email and Thunderbird showed it as >> coming from Onno Ekker. I clicked on the Details button to view >> key properties and find I'm looking at

Re: [Enigmail] last chance to beta test the upcoming version 1.7

2014-07-07 Thread Philip Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/07/14 21:57, Nicolai Josuttis (enigmail) wrote: > All you have to do to test this version is: >>> - DOWNLOAD the file enigmail-nightly-all.xpi >>> https://www.enigmail.net/download/nightly/enigmail-nightly-all.xpi into >>> a local file (don't lo

Re: [Enigmail] fingerprints primary versus sub?

2014-07-18 Thread Philip Jackson
On 18/07/14 19:32, digg...@openmailbox.org wrote: > On 2014-07-16 20:39, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: >> You certainly have the directive "fingerprint" or "with-fingerprint" in >> your gpg.conf > > Yes, that is it. with-fingerprint > >> This behaviour has been corrected in Enigmail 1.7. > > Any id

Re: [Enigmail] Key management by users, and key use by Enigmail/GPGWin/etc.

2014-08-07 Thread Philip Jackson
On 06/08/14 16:24, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > >> I do not get your point here. My proposal is to operate the keyring >> from a USB stick. What is the difference with operating it from a >> smart card? > > Exactly what I said. USB is completely broken as far as security goes. > A USB device canno

[Enigmail] strange logic re keys information

2014-08-13 Thread Philip Jackson
In enigmail 1.7 and Thunderbird 31.0 : I received a message showing the enigmail blue header 'Part of the message signed, click on Details .' Details showed the security info option and also options to : View Key Properties Sign Sender's key Set owner's trust ... I tried the 'View Key proper

Re: [Enigmail] strange logic re keys information

2014-08-13 Thread Philip Jackson
On 13/08/14 19:59, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > On 13.08.14 11:49, Philip Jackson wrote: >> [No display of signing key] > > Your whole description reads as if Enigmail respectively the > underlying gnupg thinks, it has the key, but for some unknown reason > can't disp

Re: [Enigmail] strange logic re keys information

2014-08-14 Thread Philip Jackson
On 13/08/14 19:59, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > If it's not reproducible, please watch out for further occurences and > try to note the circumstances and report here. Ludwig : it has happened again with a different email, another person whose key was not in my keyring. The behavior was exactly as

Re: [Enigmail] strange logic re keys information

2014-08-24 Thread Philip Jackson
On 24/08/14 16:34, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > On 17.08.14 15:06, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: >> JFTR: I have opened ticket 310 >> (https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/310/) for this issue. .. > > I cannot reproduce this any more. Even high stress on gpg in the > background (like on my fi

Re: [Enigmail] strange logic re keys information

2014-08-27 Thread Philip Jackson
On 24/08/14 17:03, Philip Jackson wrote: > On 24/08/14 16:34, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: >> On 17.08.14 15:06, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: >>> JFTR: I have opened ticket 310 >>> (https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/310/) for this issue. > .. >> >&

Re: [Enigmail] strange logic re keys information

2014-08-28 Thread Philip Jackson
On 28/08/14 21:21, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: >> Ludwig, >> > >> > I've not seen any further events of this type since I changed to >> > the nightly build (above) but the difficulty is that most of the >> > people writing on the lists are the same and I already have their >> > keys. > To test agai

Re: [Enigmail] [ANN] Enigmail v1.7.2 Available

2014-08-30 Thread Philip Jackson
On 29/08/14 22:09, Alexander Buchner wrote: > What I just now tested: > > 1 > > - Tab sending: > Turn on convenience mode > - Tab Key selection: > Turn on the first three items > (all except "always manually") > > Result: When sending mail to person who doesn't use encryption --> > Dialog

Re: [Enigmail] [ANN] Enigmail v1.7.2 Available

2014-08-30 Thread Philip Jackson
On 29/08/14 19:19, Olav Seyfarth wrote: > I think I never tried to send a message with attached images (tiny!) to the > list. I don't know whether they are stripped or not, we'll see. If so, I'll > put them on my website for a while and send links. > > Olav The tiny images were just fine. They w

[Enigmail] failed signature verification

2014-09-01 Thread Philip Jackson
A recent post on the mailing list shows the pink(ish) enigmail header 'Error-signature verification failed ' Clicking Details/security info shows that Public Key is needed to verify the signature. gpg.conf should automatically download missing keys for me, so I looked in Key

Re: [Enigmail] failed signature verification

2014-09-01 Thread Philip Jackson
On 01/09/14 21:01, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > It does use this key. If the key wasn't in your keyring you would get > the yellow ribbon. In your case you would not run into this except > autoretrieve would fail. > > In fact, the message text is wrong and misleading. It should state > what is rea

[Enigmail] OpenPGP headers and lack of visibility in incoming mails.

2014-09-03 Thread Philip Jackson
Recent correspondence with someone who does not have his public key on a keyserver meant that my reply to him was signed but not encrypted. After a couple of iterations, he brought to my attention the existence of the OpenPGP header in the mails he sent and which included a url for collection of hi

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP headers and lack of visibility in incoming mails.

2014-09-04 Thread Philip Jackson
On 04/09/14 00:49, Olav Seyfarth wrote: > Hi Philip, > >> Is there any way of having enigmail/Thunderbird highlight an OpenPGP header >> in an incoming mail ? I suppose a useful way would be to add its content >> to the 'Details/enigmail security info'. > > I second that this header would be mor

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP headers and lack of visibility in incoming mails.

2014-09-04 Thread Philip Jackson
On 04/09/14 08:30, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > Displaying headers is configurable in Thunderbird via the option > "mailnews.headers.extraExpandedHeaders". See > for details. Thanks for that, Patrick. I now have the OpenPGP displayed by Thunderbird provid

[Enigmail] 'help' sometimes in background

2014-09-04 Thread Philip Jackson
On my pc using ubuntustudio 1404, Thunderbird 31 and enigmail 1.7.2 there is a display of enigmail help panel in the background in some circumstances. From main Thunderbird's main window : 1. Using menu bar/Enigmail/Preferences/sending tab - Help button produces help box in the background (75% hi

[Enigmail] no error message when key cannot be found

2014-09-04 Thread Philip Jackson
I'm reflecting on how to describe an RFE about OpenPGP headers. I have tested one case where gnupg is not going to collect a key (gpg.conf keyserver setting removed) AND enigmail's keyserver preference is set for automatic download, the key for decrypting an email is NOT on my keyring AND the publ

Re: [Enigmail] no error message when key cannot be found

2014-09-04 Thread Philip Jackson
On 04/09/14 17:47, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 04.09.14 17:31, Philip Jackson wrote: >> I'm reflecting on how to describe an RFE about OpenPGP headers. > >> I have tested one case where gnupg is not going to collect a key >> (gpg.conf keyserver setting remo

Re: [Enigmail] OpenPGP headers and lack of visibility in incoming mails.

2014-09-04 Thread Philip Jackson
On 04/09/14 00:49, Olav Seyfarth wrote: > I second that this header would be more useful if it were not only sent but > one > was (1) aware of it and (2) can take actions if present. > > As to (1) I'm not sure whether the security info is sufficient since the user > should - if he opted to use th

Re: [Enigmail] importing keys in a message leaves wrong modification in resulting message

2014-09-08 Thread Philip Jackson
On 08/09/14 18:57, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > i have a text/plain message, which has at the bottom of it an OpenPGP > key block ("-BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-", etc). > > I have enigmail set to not decrypt or otherwise process text/plain > messages by default. > > if i click "Decrypt" w

[Enigmail] expanding Thunderbird's header causes enigmail's verification to be canceled

2014-09-12 Thread Philip Jackson
T'bird 31.0, enigmail 1.7.2, ubuntustudio 1404 : I don't have the 'automatically decrypt / verify messages' option set - my choice. When I see the mention [Enigmail] appear in the Thunderbird header together with the PGP Signature ascii text below the message, I click the 'Decrypt' button and en

[Enigmail] no enigmail header or message with an email

2014-09-16 Thread Philip Jackson
Today one of the messages received clearly was a gpg signed message. After clicking the 'decrypt' button, the gpg text block and ancillary stuff disappeared and just the message body remained. Enigmail did not produce any enigmail header nor any judgment on the quality of the signature. And ther

[Enigmail] inconsistent display of updated information in key management window

2014-11-09 Thread Philip Jackson
using Thunderbird 31.2.0 - enigmail 1.7.2 in UbuntuStudio 1404 1. When setting owner trust and when signing a key via the 'Key Properties' window, the 'Key Management' window does not update its display. In the case of owner trust, the key management window entry can be made to update by edit/'s

[Enigmail] Unverified signatures

2014-12-08 Thread Philip Jackson
Using linux, Thunderbird 31.3.0, enigmail 1.8a1pre (of 2014-12-08) I'm getting increasing numbers of emails where an enigmail alert warns that there is an "Unverified signature, Untrusted good signature from " - no mention of the key id. When I check in the Key Manager, I find that I have on

Re: [Enigmail] Unverified signatures

2014-12-08 Thread Philip Jackson
On 08/12/14 18:28, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 08.12.14 18:15, Philip Jackson wrote: >> Using linux, Thunderbird 31.3.0, enigmail 1.8a1pre (of 2014-12-08) > >> I'm getting increasing numbers of emails where an enigmail alert >> warns that there is an "Un

[Enigmail] photo id not working

2014-12-20 Thread Philip Jackson
Using Thunderbird 31.3.0 with linux UbuntuStudio 1404 and enigmail version 1.8a1pre (20141208-0013) : the 'photo id' buttons do not work in this version. For those keys where I know there is a photo image included, asking key manager or other links to display the photo id results in 'nothing'. N

Re: [Enigmail] photo id not working

2014-12-21 Thread Philip Jackson
On 20/12/14 15:48, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >> Which gnupg version are you using? Just in case you're using >> > 2.1.x: This version seems to have a bug when the path to your >> > photo-viewer in gpg.conf is put in double quotes. Remove the double >> > quotes and it should work again. Of course, t

Re: [Enigmail] how to turn off constant dialog prompt by Enigmail in background?

2014-12-21 Thread Philip Jackson
On 21/12/14 16:33, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >> This seems to be a bug, as Enigmail obviously tries to save the >> > message encrypted but cannot find the required public key - as it >> > isn't configured yet. This happens with the latest Enigmail >> > nightly and is probably also present in 1.7.

Re: [Enigmail] Updating 'Enigmail Configuration Manual'.

2014-12-31 Thread Philip Jackson
On 31/12/14 10:54, Hans Deragon wrote: > Also, I cannot find the corresponding UI for > 'user_pref("extensions.enigmail.noPassphrase",false);'. Is there > such an option still available from the UI? > > Using Enigmail 1.7.2. In Thunderbird, go to the Preferences dialog : Advance

Re: [Enigmail] BCC issues 1.7.2

2015-01-06 Thread Philip Jackson
On 06/01/15 13:07, Ian Mann wrote: > I am going to stick with ver 1.8 because of the graphics in write mode. > > > The fact that you can see the large padlock alerted me to the issue I was > experiencing. > I've been using "Running Enigmail version 1.8a1pre (20150102-0013)" since 2nd Jan and my

Re: [Enigmail] BCC issues 1.7.2

2015-01-06 Thread Philip Jackson
On 06/01/15 20:14, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > On 06.01.15 19:23, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > >> (...) >> I think the right thing to do is to treat Bcc: recipients the same as >> the To: or Cc: recipients, whether that's with "convenient" settings or >> per-address rules. > >> I believe this is

[Enigmail] documentation in french ?

2015-01-11 Thread Philip Jackson
From another thread, I see that some documentation has been brought up to date : https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/userprefs.php I introduced a French friend to enigmail this weekend. He had thunderbird in French and the enigmail add0n installed itself in French, much to my delight. But wh

Re: [Enigmail] PhotoID not shown on windows

2015-01-29 Thread Philip Jackson
On 28/01/15 19:46, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: > On 28.01.15 19:11, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > >> Why can you not see the photo ID on Windows? Is the "View OpenPGP >> photo ID" menu no active for your key, or is there no visible >> reaction from Enigmail when you try to view the photo? > > The "V

Re: [Enigmail] Medium Term Plan for Dropping GnuPG 1.4.x Support

2015-02-05 Thread Philip Jackson
On 04/02/15 18:13, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > My plan is as follows: > * Enigmail 1.8.x will still support GnuPG 1.4.x. However, if Enigmail > detects GnuPG 1.4.x, a message will be displayed saying that GnuPG > 1.4.x is considered deprecated and will no longer be supported in > future major versi

Re: [Enigmail] Medium Term Plan for Dropping GnuPG 1.4.x Support

2015-02-05 Thread Philip Jackson
On 05/02/15 21:02, Doug Barton wrote: > From my perspective, until the majority of OS' that ship GnuPG are shipping > 2.x > by default, removing 1.x support is premature. I should add that I'm using > that > transition as a bellwether of sorts, as I *think* that seeing this transition > will also

[Enigmail] missing import button

2015-02-10 Thread Philip Jackson
Running Enigmail version 1.8a1pre (20150202-0013) with Thunderbird 31.4.0 and linux Incoming message causes yellow enigmail header to appear (Part of the message signed with unknown key; click on the 'Import Key' button to download the key) Trouble is that there is no Import Key button displayed

Re: [Enigmail] missing import button

2015-02-11 Thread Philip Jackson
On 11/02/15 13:14, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 10.02.15 23:51, Philip Jackson wrote: >> Running Enigmail version 1.8a1pre (20150202-0013) with Thunderbird >> 31.4.0 and linux > >> Incoming message causes yellow enigmail header to appear (Part of >> the message sig

Re: [Enigmail] New user interface

2015-02-24 Thread Philip Jackson
On 24/02/15 22:45, Onno Ekker wrote: > I figured you meant that "button", but in my Thunderbird (Aurora) nothing > happens when I click it, no dialogue appears and no message in the error > console either. Also it's not very clear that you can click it at all. > > Onno On the enimail toolbar, u

Re: [Enigmail] Enigmail v1.8 Beta 1

2015-02-26 Thread Philip Jackson
On 26/02/15 18:36, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > > I would appreciate to get as many bugs reported as possible such that > we will have a stable release. > > The package (XPI) is available from > https://www.enigmail.net/download/beta/enigmail-1.8b1-tb+sm.xpi > installed fine - seems good Philip

Re: [Enigmail] Enigmail v1.8 Beta 1

2015-03-01 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Patrick : On 26/02/15 18:36, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > I have created the first *beta* release of Enigmail v1.8. It contains > many changes to the user interface, especially message composition, > and quite a lot of bugs were fixed. > > I would appreciate to get as many bugs reported as poss

[Enigmail] Bug 1983 Decrypt messages permanently

2015-03-01 Thread Philip Jackson
I saw a reference to this bug in another thread. The bug page on Sourceforge says 'fixed in 1.8.0' I can't seem to find it as an option in 1.8b1. Has it been fixed - if so can someone point out how to do it ? Philip signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

Re: [Enigmail] From Circumvention

2015-03-03 Thread Philip Jackson
On 03/03/15 15:44, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Really easy: > > 1. The "Help" button beside "Convenient encryption settings" is > sometimes unresponsive. I saw this bug with my own two eyes > (thanks, Dmitri!) and can confirm it. While we are talking about this 'help' button, I'll

Re: [Enigmail] From Circumvention

2015-03-06 Thread Philip Jackson
On 03/03/15 18:27, Philip Jackson wrote: > On 03/03/15 15:44, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> Really easy: >> >> 1. The "Help" button beside "Convenient encryption settings" is >> sometimes unresponsive. I saw this bug with my own two eye

Re: [Enigmail] From Circumvention

2015-03-07 Thread Philip Jackson
On 07/03/15 20:55, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 07.03.2015 21:45, Rainer Blome wrote: >> ... >> Looking at the headers, the character encoding strikes me as a >> potential leak, as some values, such as "charset=windows-1252", >> hint at the probable OS used. > > Either Thunderbird or Enigmail often set

Re: [Enigmail] Enigmail v1.8 Beta 1

2015-03-08 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Patrick : I'm now Running Enigmail version 1.8a1pre (20150308-0013) - (Sunday's nightly) on Thunderbird 31.5, Ubuntu 1404 There's still an odd behaviour on 'sender's key' offers. see below On 07/03/15 19:05, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > On 01.03.15 22:07, P

Re: [Enigmail] Translations for Enigmail v1.8

2015-03-09 Thread Philip Jackson
Hi Patrick : On 07/03/15 19:13, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: > Most of the translations for Enigmail v1.8 are still very incomplete. > Please help improving the translations on > http://beta.babelzilla.org/projects/p/Enigmail/ I've done a bit on the enigmail fr transalation and I have a question ab

[Enigmail] dubious behaviour of 1.8 enigmail toolbar

2015-03-09 Thread Philip Jackson
Using Sunday's nightly (Enigmail version 1.8a1pre (20150308-0013)) Thunderbird 31.5, linux. Two manifestations of undesirable behavior. 1. When writing an email, I click on the icons to get non-encrypt and non-sign. I then click on the "Enigmail:" button and the 'Encryption signing and settings'

Re: [Enigmail] Translations for Enigmail v1.8

2015-03-10 Thread Philip Jackson
Le 10/03/15 08:45, Patrick Brunschwig a écrit : > On 09.03.15 22:28, Philip Jackson wrote: >> Hi Patrick : > >> At the top of the fr page, towards the right, there is a button >> 'installXPI' I don't want to install something without being clear >>

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