Re: [Enigmail] Set Owner Trust missing from menu

2018-09-10 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
Patrick Brunschwig wrote on 09/08/2018 11:00 AM: > You need to understand how the implementation of the Web of Trust works > in GnuPG. This is nothing to blame on Enigmail. Read here to understand > the web of trust: https://wiki.gnupg.org/WebOfTrust I understand the web of trust, but thank you f

Re: [Enigmail] Set Owner Trust missing from menu

2018-09-08 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
On 08.09.18 16:50, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: > OK here are the results of my experiment, my quick notes in a text file: > > > delete key from key management > > just in case, restart Thunderbird > > go back to the original email with the key attached > > right-click on the key and choose "Im

Re: [Enigmail] Set Owner Trust missing from menu

2018-09-08 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
OK here are the results of my experiment, my quick notes in a text file: delete key from key management just in case, restart Thunderbird go back to the original email with the key attached right-click on the key and choose "Import PGP Key" Immediately attempt to reply to the sender with

Re: [Enigmail] Set Owner Trust missing from menu

2018-09-08 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
Patrick Brunschwig wrote on 09/08/2018 04:19 AM: > If you don't want to trust all keys automatically, you need to sign > them. Setting the owner trust to "ultimate" is the wrong thing. > Conceptually you can't set the owner trust of a key if you didn't check > the owner's identity. The strange th

Re: [Enigmail] Set Owner Trust missing from menu

2018-09-08 Thread Patrick Brunschwig
On 08.09.18 00:34, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: > I wrote: > >> It still begs the question of why I can't Set Owner Trust on a newly >> imported key. > > I fiddled around some more. This time I SIGNED the key, telling a lie > by saying that I had checked it very carefully. Then when I > right-clicke

[Enigmail] Set Owner Trust missing from menu

2018-09-07 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
I wrote: > It still begs the question of why I can't Set Owner Trust on a newly > imported key. I fiddled around some more. This time I SIGNED the key, telling a lie by saying that I had checked it very carefully. Then when I right-clicked on the key the "Set Owner Trust" option appeared under