Attaching own public key greyed out (if account settings rely on mail address)

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#460 Attaching own public key greyed out (if account settings rely on mail address)

Status: wont-fix

Owner: nobody

Labels: None

Found in Version: 1.8.1

Severity: Minor

Thunderbird version: 31.5

GnuPG version:

Operating System: All

Fixed in version: ---

Cc: nobody

Updated: 2016-09-22

Created: 2015-03-27

Creator: Patrick Schönbach

Private: No

For me, the option to attach one's own public key is always greyed out (button and menu).

Discussion

Ludwig Hügelschäfer - 2015-03-27

Do you have an active key pair (i.e. public and secret key, not revoked, not expired)?

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- Patrick Schönbach - 2015-03-27
  
  Yes.
  
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Ludwig Hügelschäfer - 2015-03-27

Did you specify a key ID in the account settings, or do you rely on the email address for getting the correct key? (Edit > Account Settings > OpenPGP Security).

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- Patrick Schönbach - 2015-03-27
  
  Relying on the email address.
  
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Ludwig Hügelschäfer - 2015-03-27

Would you please enter the key-Id (this is the recommended way) and test again?

Do you have more than one key pair with the same address?

Thanks!

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- Patrick Schönbach - 2015-03-27
  
  Still greyed out and only one key pair in the keyrings.
  
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Ludwig Hügelschäfer - 2015-03-27

Did you configure the OpenPGP options for ALL your identities? Supposing 0x0B7DDE39 is your key, these are quite a few.

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- Patrick Schönbach - 2015-03-27
  
  Ok, in this case it works. However, shouldn't it also work if one relies on the email address?
  
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Ludwig Hügelschäfer - 2015-03-27

Yes, it should (though not recommended). I changed the description and leave this bug open.

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Ludwig Hügelschäfer - 2015-03-27

summary: Attaching own public key greyed out --> Attaching own public key greyed out (if account settings rely on mail address)
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Patrick Brunschwig - 2015-03-28

Attaching the key is only enabled, if a specific key is configured in the account settings. Using the email address is too often not precise enough, such that a wrong key would be attached.

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Patrick Brunschwig - 2015-03-28

status: open --> wont-fix
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darkdragon - 2016-09-21

Why is it not precise enough?
When signing an email, Enigmail has to decide for one (private) key. And then it can attach the same (public) key.

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Patrick Brunschwig - 2016-09-22

You can have more than one pair of keys with the same email address. Enigmail should not decide automatically, which key to take.

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