[Enigmail] Key selection

Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek jakub.rusinek at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 14:27:47 PST 2008


On 21.11.2008 22:46, Olav Seyfarth wrote:
> Usually, Enigmail works this way:
> 
> For SIGNING (and that is what Faramir wrote about), you choose YOUR key you
> want to sign with. Enigmail can choose automatically depending on your FROM
> address (which may differ according to the TB/SM identities you set but also
> may be modified e.g. by the "Virtual Identity" AddOn). In case you have more
> than one key with a UID matching your FROM address, Enigmail can't know which
> to choose. In this case, you should select it manually (in Account settings
> --> OpenPGP). But this is not your problem as it seems ("can't choose one key
> for all people").

That's what I see all the time. I'm not encrypting.

"Error in OpenPGP; Encryption/signing failed; send unencrypted email?"

> But this is very basic stuff and explained quite well in the documentation
> section of our webpage. Have you had a look on the Quick Start Guide or the
> Documentation -> First Steps section?

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Best regards,
Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek
http://jakubrusinek.pl/


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