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Joydev Chakraborty | 2 Dec 15:35

problem installing enigmail 0.95.6 on thunderbird

HI,

 

I am a new user for Enigmail. Thunderbird version 2 is the regular email client that I use on my windows xp professional machine. I have downloaded Enigmail version 0.95.6 with ‘Save Link As’ as advised. When I am trying to install this enigmail by going to Add-ons screen using Tools -> Add-ons of my Thunderbird, I do not see any ‘install’ button the screen. Only one button ‘Find Updates’ is shown. There is no Thunderbird plug-ins. Please advise how I can install enigmail on my machine?

 

Thanks

Joydev Chakraborty

joydev <at> ca.afilias.info

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Matthew Beckler | 1 Dec 23:14
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Enigmail wizard assumes you need to generate a keypair


Hello,

I just installed GnuPG and Enigmail on Vista. The wizard ran when I
opened Thunderbird. I wanted to use the wizard so it could fix my
settings (no HTML email, sign all messages by default, etc), but since I
already have a keypair, I couldn't use the wizard since it assumes you
need to generate a new keypair. It would be nice if the wizard asked if
you wanted to create a new keypair or simply import and existing one
from a file.

Thanks,
Matthew
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Faramir | 2 Dec 20:44
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Re: problem installing enigmail 0.95.6 on thunderbird


Joydev Chakraborty escribió:

> I am a new user for Enigmail. Thunderbird version 2 is the regular email
> client that I use on my windows xp professional machine. I have
> downloaded Enigmail version 0.95.6 with ‘Save Link As’ as advised. When
> I am trying to install this enigmail by going to Add-ons screen using
> Tools -> Add-ons of my Thunderbird, I do not see any ‘install’ button
> the screen. Only one button ‘Find Updates’ is shown. There is no
> Thunderbird plug-ins. Please advise how I can install enigmail on my
> machine?

  That's very strange, I am using Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 on a windows xp
machine, and I DO have that button, right at the left of the "Find
Updates" button.

  Anyway, probably you can Restore Thunderbird's window, reduce the size
of the windows to a size that allows you to see the window behind
Thunderbird, and drag and drop the xpi file into Thunderbird... that
should make it install the plugin, IF I am not wrong...

  But I still have a bad feeling when I think about the missing Install
button...

  Best Regards
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John W. Moore III | 2 Dec 22:26

Re: Enigmail wizard assumes you need to generate a keypair


Matthew Beckler wrote:

> I just installed GnuPG and Enigmail on Vista. The wizard ran when I
> opened Thunderbird. I wanted to use the wizard so it could fix my
> settings (no HTML email, sign all messages by default, etc), but since I
> already have a keypair, I couldn't use the wizard since it assumes you
> need to generate a new keypair. It would be nice if the wizard asked if
> you wanted to create a new keypair or simply import and existing one
> from a file.

Er....  Chalk My confusion up to the tendency to express 'unconscious
competence' but why not merely 'click' the X in the upper Right corner
or use Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+W or File >> Close (Ctrl+W)?  Then You
need to Open OpenPGP Preferences and check to ascertain that Enigmail
has the correct Path to gpg.exe.  I am going to make a 'leap' here and
also make an ass out of U & Me by assuming that You also do not yet have
a gpg.conf File.  Please feel free to Email Me direct with any
Questions.  John W. Moore III (Enigmail Team)
<jmoore3rd <at> mozilla-enigmail.org>

Hope that I can assist You in feeling comfortable with Enigmail.  :)

JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Tuesday 02 Dec 2008, 16:26  --500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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John W. Moore III | 2 Dec 22:34

Re: problem installing enigmail 0.95.6 on thunderbird


Joydev Chakraborty wrote:

> I am a new user for Enigmail. Thunderbird version 2 is the regular email
> client that I use on my windows xp professional machine. I have
> downloaded Enigmail version 0.95.6 with ‘Save Link As’ as advised. When
> I am trying to install this enigmail by going to Add-ons screen using
> Tools -> Add-ons of my Thunderbird, I do not see any ‘install’ button
> the screen. Only one button ‘Find Updates’ is shown. There is no
> Thunderbird plug-ins. Please advise how I can install enigmail on my
> machine?

Initial 'Flinch' = grab Enigmail 0.95.7 and download the
Extension/Add-On just as You have described to a convenient location on
Your computer.  [http://enigmail.mozdev.org/]

Joydev, You too are invited to contact Me directly if You still
experience issues.  :)

JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Tuesday 02 Dec 2008, 16:34  --500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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Jeff Walden | 3 Dec 08:50
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Any plans for a new release soon?

I installed the latest release version of enigmail a couple weeks ago in anticipation of Mozilla's
Bugzilla switching to require a PGP key to read (encrypted) bugmail for hidden bugs (particularly
security-sensitive bugs).  The current plan is that without such a key, the email is supposed to be a link
pointing to the bug (plus an explanatory message saying how to enable full-text email again).

Mozilla hasn't enabled that yet, but I've been fiddling and experimenting.  So far the tasks I've attempted
work fine -- with the notable exception of importing keys from a keyserver.  This problem was reported to
this mailing list in September:

http://www.mozdev.org/pipermail/enigmail/2008-September/010295.html

The suggestion there was to try a nightly, which did indeed work -- and it's worked for me, too.  However, it
would be much better if I hadn't had to blunder around and only eventually trawl a few months of email
archives to figure that out.  Any chance of a new release soon?  It'd be good if Mozilla's instructions on
being able to get full bugmail for hidden bugs didn't have to recommend downloading a nightly enigmail
build recommended by enigmail "AT YOUR OWN RISK" to avoid this bug.

Jeff
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Patrick Brunschwig | 3 Dec 10:20

Re: Enigmail wizard assumes you need to generate a keypair


Matthew Beckler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed GnuPG and Enigmail on Vista. The wizard ran when I
> opened Thunderbird. I wanted to use the wizard so it could fix my
> settings (no HTML email, sign all messages by default, etc), but since I
> already have a keypair, I couldn't use the wizard since it assumes you
> need to generate a new keypair. It would be nice if the wizard asked if
> you wanted to create a new keypair or simply import and existing one
> from a file.

Hmm ... the wizard does ask if you want to create a new key or if you
want to use an existing one. I'm not sure if I remember correctly; maybe
if no key was found, it only offers to create a new key.

-Patrick
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Subba Rao | 7 Dec 15:34
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Enigmail errors on Vista Ultimate

I am running Thunderbird 2.0 on Vista Ultimate. In the past versions of Thunderbird and Windows, I had Enigmail working fine. This time around I am getting some errors messages.

Here are the installation details:

OS - Vista Ultimate
Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 - Works fine
Gpg4win 1.1.3 - Works fine (can list private and public keys)
Enigmail 0.95.7 - Does not work with the existing keys chain.


Here are the error messages that I am getting:

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C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\gpg.exe --charset utf8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 --with-fingerprint --fixed-list-mode --with-colons --list-secret-keys

gpg: Oops; key lost!
node 0097AC00 01/00 type=public-key keyid=XXXXXXXX a=17 u=13 ..v.
node 0097AB20 00/00 type=user-id
<snip>
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Any ideas how to import keys in Enigmail's key chain on Vista?

Thank you in advance.
Subbarao

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Olav Seyfarth | 7 Dec 18:05

Re: Enigmail errors on Vista Ultimate


Hi Subba Rao,

> Any ideas how to import keys in Enigmail's key chain on Vista?

any debugging options turned on in gpg.conf?
Try again without them by commenting them out.

Olav
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Patrick Brunschwig | 7 Dec 18:10

Re: Enigmail errors on Vista Ultimate


Subba Rao wrote:
> I am running Thunderbird 2.0 on Vista Ultimate.  In the past versions of Thunderbird and Windows, I had
Enigmail working fine.  This time around I am getting some errors messages.
> 
> Here are the installation details:
> 
> OS - Vista Ultimate
> Thunderbird 2.0.0.18  - Works fine
> Gpg4win 1.1.3  - Works fine (can list private and public keys)
> Enigmail 0.95.7 - Does not work with the existing keys chain.
> 
> 
> Here are the error messages that I am getting:
> 
> ___________________________
> 
> C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\gpg.exe --charset utf8  --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2
--with-fingerprint --fixed-list-mode --with-colons --list-secret-keys
> 
> gpg: Oops; key lost!
> node 0097AC00 01/00 type=public-key  keyid=XXXXXXXX a=17 u=13 ..v.
> node 0097AB20 00/00
>  type=user-id
> <snip>
> ___________________________
> 
> Any ideas how to import keys in Enigmail's key chain on Vista?

Gpg4Win 1.1.3 only provides GnuPG v1.4.7, which is known to work
incorrectly on Vista. I'd suggest you upgrade to GnuPG v.1.4.9,
available from http://www.gnupg.org.

-Patrick
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