[Enigmail] Problem with Enigma on MAC

[Patrick Brunschwig]

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Peter J. Nachtigall wrote:
> Ludwig Hügelschäfer schrieb:
> 
>> Which enigmail-version? 0.95.7?
> 
> Positive
> 
>> Which keyservers are entered in your preferences dialog? How? Usually
>> http/hkp Servers don't need the protocols bevore server names, e.g. my
>> entry in "Specify your keyserver(s)" is:
>> pool.sks-keyservers.net, pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de, subkeys.pgp.net
> 
> I'm using x-hkp://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de. There is outbound traffic through
> gpgkeys_hkp while using x-hkp.
> 
> When I switch to plain 'pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de' there is no outbound traffic
> at all. Noticed on my personal firewall. I haven't sniffed it yet though.
> 
>> Do you have more than one keyserver in the section "Automatically
>> download keys...."? If yes, then restrict the entry to only one.
> 
> I do not use this feature. I always check for keys manually. However the
> automatic feature doesn't work either.
> 
>> Does the GUI stall when manually requesting keys?
> Nope. Just the progress bar running for eternity.
> 
>> Is the requested key
>> in your keyring after cancelling the progress dialog?
> 
> Negative.
> 
> Only if I use the terminal with e.g. your key
> 'x-hkp://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de --recv-key 0959D2E3' I get the key into the
> ring. Which then btw works with enigma w/o any problems.

I think the problem might be related to the URI specification
("x-hkp://"). For HKP servers, simply enter the keyserver name without
x-hkp:// and downloading keys might work!

- -Patrick
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