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attach public key by default

2015-01-16
2019-02-08
  • bluesplayer

    bluesplayer - 2015-01-16

    Hello

    Is it possible to set somewhere an option, so my public key is automaticaly attached to each email I send with a specific konto in thunderbird?

    thank you andi

     
  • bluesplayer

    bluesplayer - 2015-01-16

    Hi I found an article in german, which mentions that is makes no sense.
    because:
    1. if the recipient uses PGP he/she gets the key from keyserver.
    2. if the recipient don't use PGP it's confusing
    .... and some argumends more.

    So thank you, but I will not look further for this option.

    orginal article in german:
    http://board.gulli.com/thread/1403952-enigmail-public-key-automatisch-anhaengen-/

     

    Last edit: bluesplayer 2015-01-16
  • Olav Seyfarth

    Olav Seyfarth - 2015-01-16

    You may enable automatic attachment in per-account OpenPGP settings, see attachment.

    However, I also don't use it since it enlarges messages. Instead I use plaintext email and added a GnuPG comment ("--comment '<link to a website that explains what the sig is and how to deal with it>'") in "Additional parameters for GnuPG" parameter in Enigmail settings (Advanced mode) described here: https://www.enigmail.net/documentation/advanced.php#advanced . My mail body now reads

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: <algo>
    
    <message content>
    -- 
    <plaintext signature>
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
    Version: GnuPG <version>
    Comment: <link to a website that explains what the sig is and how to deal with it>
    
    <plaintaxt-encoded signature>
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
    
     

    Last edit: Olav Seyfarth 2015-01-16
  • Adalbert Hanßen

    Where is this menu "erweiterte Emigmail-Itentitäten-Einstellungen situated? On the left part of the left picture I don't have "private". I juat have my four mail accounts. They each have a sub-category "OpenPGP-Sicherheit", but when I click on any of them, "Signatur-/Verschlüsselungsoptionen" comes up with its 3 tabs of which none is the one shown in your picture.

    How do I geth there?

     
  • Adalbert Hanßen

    Where is this menu "erweiterte Emigmail-Itentitäten-Einstellungen situated? On the left part of the left picture I don't have "private". I juat have my four mail accounts. They each have a sub-category "OpenPGP-Sicherheit", but when I click on any of them, "Signatur-/Verschlüsselungsoptionen" comes up with its 3 tabs of which none is the one shown in your picture.

    How do I get there?

     
  • Patrick Brunschwig

    Attaching keys by default is part of the Account Settings. You seem to be on Linux; this would be menu Edit > Account Settings. If you're on Windows or macOS it's on menu Tools > Account Settings.

     

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