[Enigmail] Unable To Import Public Key

[Ludwig Hügelschäfer]

Carlos Williams wrote on 19.11.2008 14:22 Uhr:
> I received an email from a user which contained his PGP public key as
> an .asc attachment in the email:
> 
>> Attached is a PGP Public Key. Import this key
>> into your copy of PGP to exchange encrypted and
>> signed email. If you do not have PGP, please
>> visit http://www.pgp.com for your own copy.
> 
>> Attachments : 	Page III.James.Q.ORC1000016239.ID.asc (1.95 KB)
> 
> I saved the *.asc file to my PC and then attempted to import this file
> and received an error using OpenPGP.
> 
> OpenPGP Key Management > File > Import Keys From File
> 
> When I select his key that I saved to my PC, I get the following error
> and I don't know what I am doing wrong.

You're doing nothing wrong. This error comes up when the to be imported
key misses a self signature. This is usually the case with keys issued
by a corporate trust center.

You can import this key by issuing a special option for gnupg, see:
http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/r1424.html

It's a bit tedious to do this using enigmail, but the following command
line will work:

gpg --import --allow-non-selfsigned-uid "Page
III.James.Q.ORC1000016239.ID.asc"

(typed in one line)

As it turns out, this key doesn't have a signature at all. Just ask your
partner to add a selfsignature and send the resulting key again.

HTH

Ludwig

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