Update : I managed to get b) to work by changing the ownership of the "pubring.kbx" file from ROOT to USERNAME in .gnupg/ DIR. So, it was a mistake during the GnuPG install. a) still doesnt work.
Hi Patrick, thank you for your immediate answer. First of all, what am I trying to achieve: I am trying to read an encrypted message i sent from my Mac with an identity for which i already created a key pair on my Mac. The key has been uploaded to the "keys.openpgp.org" keyserver and i can verify it's existence easily. Now i would like to use the Enigmail Add-on to my Thunderbird (installed on my Linux Machine) to read encrypted e-mail. Therefore, if i understand correctly, i need to get the public...
Hi, I am trying to upload my public key to the Key Management tool in Thunderbird. Both provided options a) Downloading OpenPGP keys and b) Import keys from file (.asc) do not work. The error is "cannot connect to keyserver at keys.openpgp.org" Any ideas ? (Thunderbird version is 68.10.0 / Enigmail 2.1.7 on Ubuntu 18.04 ) Thanks !