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[Enigmail] Disabling key creation for main account
john doe
2018-09-21 19:27:05 UTC
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Hi,

I'm starting to use Thunderbird (TB) in conbination with enigmail.
Every time I start TB a gpg key is created for my main account.
How can I disable that behavior?

Any help is appriciated.
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John Doe
Patrick Brunschwig
2018-09-22 08:30:48 UTC
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Post by john doe
Hi,
I'm starting to use Thunderbird (TB) in conbination with enigmail.
Every time I start TB a gpg key is created for my main account.
How can I disable that behavior?
Any help is appriciated.
That's a bug in the pEp engine. Please follow the steps described here
to switch to the Classical Enigmail mode, which allows you to configure
your keys etc.

https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/forum/support/thread/3024d0c2/


-Patrick
john doe
2018-09-22 19:48:39 UTC
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Post by Patrick Brunschwig
Post by john doe
Hi,
I'm starting to use Thunderbird (TB) in conbination with enigmail.
Every time I start TB a gpg key is created for my main account.
How can I disable that behavior?
Any help is appriciated.
That's a bug in the pEp engine. Please follow the steps described here
to switch to the Classical Enigmail mode, which allows you to configure
your keys etc.
https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/forum/support/thread/3024d0c2/
Thank you Patrick.
I went with option one and it works! :)

Hopefully the bug will be fixed sooner rather than later because if you
install enigmail without paying attention you might send encrypted
e-mail per mistake.

Maybe a caution on the main web page of the website would be useful.

Thanks again for your help.
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John Doe
Claudio Luck
2018-09-22 21:19:09 UTC
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Post by Patrick Brunschwig
Post by john doe
Hi,
I'm starting to use Thunderbird (TB) in conbination with enigmail.
Every time I start TB a gpg key is created for my main account.
How can I disable that behavior?
Any help is appriciated.
That's a bug in the pEp engine. Please follow the steps described here
to switch to the Classical Enigmail mode, which allows you to configure
your keys etc.
Just checking: is the adapter in nightly and in release now the same?

Because the package 2.0.23 comes with a much more recent engine which
should have fixed this.

Cheers
Claudio
Patrick Brunschwig
2018-09-23 10:00:38 UTC
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Post by Claudio Luck
Post by Patrick Brunschwig
Post by john doe
Hi,
I'm starting to use Thunderbird (TB) in conbination with enigmail.
Every time I start TB a gpg key is created for my main account.
How can I disable that behavior?
Any help is appriciated.
That's a bug in the pEp engine. Please follow the steps described here
to switch to the Classical Enigmail mode, which allows you to configure
your keys etc.
Just checking: is the adapter in nightly and in release now the same?
No, why would it? Nobody from pEp ever told me that I should do that.
Post by Claudio Luck
Because the package 2.0.23 comes with a much more recent engine which
should have fixed this.
You (pep) need to tell me which version of the adapter I should offer
for production. I won't change this on my own.

-Patrick

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