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#836 pEp not becoming active in a fresh profile

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nobody
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2.0.3
Minor
52.7.0 (64-bit)
2.2.5
Linux
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nobody
2019-07-23
2018-05-15
Christian Pietsch
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On Debian unstable, I tried to use enigmail/pep last Wednesday but could only use classic Enigmail.
I tried to create a workflow suitable for teaching at CryptoParties, so this is what I did:

  • thunderbird --ProfileManager # to create a fresh profile
  • install EnigMail via the Add-ons menu
  • disable the other two Add-ons (Lightning and Calender Provider for Google)
  • add two IMAP accounts prepared for this purpose

From reading the release notes, I would have expected pEp to be active at this point, but I was greeted by the usual Enigmail GUI. Sending encrypted or signed e-mails between my two test accounts did not work because no keys had been created for them. Should not pEp have done this? Re-starting Thunderbird did not help. So far, I avoided enabling any expert settings because I wanted to find out if enigmail/pep is helpful to non-technical users. After a while, I activated OpenPGP in the account settings. Still no luck. So I finally generated a keypair for each test account using the Enigmail → „Schlüssel verwalten” (“manage keys”) menu. Only then I could send encrypted and signed e-mails (in old-fashioned Enigmail style). Where is pEp? Should I have moved away my existing ~/.gnupg setup?

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  • Christian Pietsch

    Christian Pietsch - 2018-05-15
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 - disable the other two Add-ons (Lightning and Calender Provider for Google)
 - add two IMAP accounts prepared for this purpose

-From reading the release notes, I would have expected pEp to be active at this point, but I was greeted by the usual Enigmail GUI. Sending encrypted or signed e-mails between my two test accounts did not work because no keys had been created for them. Should not pEp have done this? Re-starting Thunderbird did not help. So far, I avoided enabling any expert settings because I wanted to find out if enigmail/pep is helpful to non-technical users. After a while, I activated OpenPGP in the account settings. Still not luck. So I finally generated a keypair for each tests account using the Enigmail → „Schlüssel verwalten” (“manage keys”) menu. Only then I could send encrypted and signed e-mails (in old-fashioned Enigmail style). Where is pEp? Should I have moved away my existing ~/.gnupg setup?
+From reading the release notes, I would have expected pEp to be active at this point, but I was greeted by the usual Enigmail GUI. Sending encrypted or signed e-mails between my two test accounts did not work because no keys had been created for them. Should not pEp have done this? Re-starting Thunderbird did not help. So far, I avoided enabling any expert settings because I wanted to find out if enigmail/pep is helpful to non-technical users. After a while, I activated OpenPGP in the account settings. Still no luck. So I finally generated a keypair for each test account using the Enigmail → „Schlüssel verwalten” (“manage keys”) menu. Only then I could send encrypted and signed e-mails (in old-fashioned Enigmail style). Where is pEp? Should I have moved away my existing ~/.gnupg setup?
     

  • Patrick Brunschwig

    Patrick Brunschwig - 2018-05-15

    Automatic installation of pEp is disabled on Debian (by Debian). You'll have to install pEp manually.

     
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    • Christian Pietsch

      Christian Pietsch - 2018-05-16

      I'm certain I read a blog post of the pEp project saying that this is the case only if you install Enigmail as a Debian package (.deb), but I installed it from within TB via the Add-ons menu.

       

      • Hernani Marques

        Hernani Marques - 2018-10-12

        That's actually correct: if installed through the the add-ons menu of TB it gets active. Please try again with the new 1.0.24 update.
        => Ticket can be closed.

         

  • Patrick Brunschwig

    Patrick Brunschwig - 2019-07-23
    • status: open --> closed
     

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