Questions tagged [enigmail]

Enigmail is a security extension to Mozilla Thunderbird and Seamonkey. It enables you to write and receive email messages signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard.

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Send email via Thunderbird (Enigmail) as HTML

I'm having a problem that I want to use Thunderbird in combination with the Enigmail addodn to send and recieve emails that are enrypted by PGP. I can already view emails that are sent to me as HTML, ...
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How and where does Windows save the password for pgp keys?

When I use Eingmail in Thunderbird on Windows I can choose to save the pgp key password. Where is this password stored? Is it safely stored? How does that work compared to a Ubuntu System?
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gpg-agent fails with "command get_passphrase failed: End of file" on pinentry

I'm trying to use Enigmail with Thunderbird on Linux. GPG itself is set up, keys imported and I already can use the key management functions (including signing of keys) from kgpg. But Mail encryption ...
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Why does using Enigmail with Icedove on Debian fail if I don't start gpg-agent manually?

I'm using Icedove on a Debian Sid installation, and now I try to use Enigmail with it. But I encounter some issues: I had to create my keys with gpg2 instead of Enigmail, because it didn't want to ...
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gpg2 migration from ubuntu to fedora leads to missing secret key

I'm using gnupg with thunderbird via enigmail. Everything is up and running fine on my notebook with ubuntu (kubuntu). Now I tried transfering my keys and settings to my new system running fedora. ...
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Enigmail + GnuPG + Thunderbird hidden key error

A friend of mine recently updated his OpenPGP keys. I cannot open the encrypted email received from that friend in my Thunderbird. I use Enigmail, and I get the following error: Enigmail Security ...
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Thunderbird Enigmail does not recognize key - "error - no matching/private key found"

A few month ago I set up enigmail for one of my computers. I imported a fried's key and was successful in decrypting his messages. I switched computers now and tried to replicate all the steps I did ...
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How to analyze and fix a broken private PGP key?

I have 2 sets of keys on my Windows 7 system with GPG4Win tools installed (including Kleopatra key management) and 2 Enigmail-based email clients (Thunderbird + Seamonkey) and Claws, which uses an own ...
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What do I need to do in order to use Enigmail on more than one PC?

I've already imported my keys from pc1 to pc2, but on pc2 I always get this error message: Error - no matching private/secret key found to decrypt message; click on 'Details' button for more ...
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How do I automatically sign HTML emails with Enigmail and Thunderbird?

I can't sign HTML messages with Enigmail. Even though "Sign messages" is checked as the default, when I look at the source of the draft or sent messages, there is no signature. View Source ...
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Can Enigmail automatically not encrypt email for multiple recipients?

I have Enigmail/Thunderbird set up to automatically encrypt email when I send it to a particular recipient. I have it choosing my keys "By Per-Recipient Rules" and "By Email Addresses according to the ...
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Enigmail stopped working: KEYEXPIRED/SIGEXPIRED

Since a recent update I cant send encrypted mail with thunderbird and the enigmail plugin anymore. Whenever I try to send the mail, and enter the passphrase for my key, I get the following error ...
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Can't upload public PGP/GPG key to OpenSKS server

So I have an Intranet that won't be connected to the Internet when in use, and one of the functionalities I need is the ability to send and receive encrypted emails. I chose to use an OpenSKS server ...
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Using Enigmail encryption on mutiple devices

So I'm relatively new to email encryption and thought I would start out using thunderbird + enigmail to get me started. I've managed to set it up and work with it properly but I'm not sure what to do ...
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PGP: encrypt all parts as one or each separate

When I receive emails in my K9-Mail on Android with APG installed some mails I can press "decrypt" right away inside the email, to read it, and some others, I only get the encrypted message as an ...
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Enigmail 1.5 / Thunderbird 17 line wrap signing order

I experience serious trouble with line-wraps in thunderbird when using enigmail. It seems that there is something wrong with the order of the follwing steps: I write a text (without caring about ...
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