On 17/09/17 14:58, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:

> On 17.09.17 13:43, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>> On 17/09/17 11:28, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
>>
>>> On 17.09.17 10:40, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>>>> On 17/09/17 09:24, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Am 16. September 2017 21:32:00 MESZ schrieb Phil Dobbin
>>>>> <[email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Further to this problem, there are no keys listed anymore in Key
>>>>>     Management not even mine.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Any clue as to what's happening here would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Cheers Phil.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any error in the Thunderbird Error Console?
>>>>
>>>> Hi Patrick.
>>>>
>>>> The error log is virtually empty because I've only just booted the
>>>> machine & logged on.
>>>>
>>>> I imported my keys from MIT & can now send signed & encrypted mail so it
>>>> seems the problem was the update of Thunderbird somehow deleted all keys
>>>> in Enigmail. I can still see the keys that had been present in
>>>> Enigmail's database when I list them from the command line.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to import them into Enigmail?
>>>
>>> You cannot import anything into Enigmail, as Enigmail is only a frontend
>>> to GnuPG. That's why Rob asked if you can sign on the command line.
>>> Normally, the keys are stored by GnuPG in ~/.gnupg
>>>
>>> Please try to reload the key cache and then check the Thunderbird
>>> console if there is an error (menu Tools > Developer Tools > Error
>>> Console).
>>>
>>> If that doesn't show anything, then go to menu Enigmail > Preferences
>>> and enable the "Expert Settings". Then go to menu Enigmail > Debugging
>>> Options > Console and check at the top of the window what GnuPG reports.
>>>
>>> 1st you'd see which version of gpg is used by Enigmail. Is that the same
>>> version that you would use on the command line?
>>>
>>> 2nd, GnuPG would report a line starting with "Home:" showing from where
>>> it loads the keys. That's where you would find the public key ring.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Patrick.
>>
>> After reloading the key cache the error console shows nothing apart from
>> regular js messages.
>>
>> In Enigmail's debug console it shows that the version of gpg2 (2.1.11)
>> is the same as the cli version & that the home is ~/.gnupg where there
>> is a pubring.gpg/kbx
> 
> I just noticed that your mails are now signed.

Yes I posted to the list (at 08:40 GMT) that I'd imported my keys from
MIT servers & could know send signed/encrypted mails.

Cheers Phil.

-- 
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new
   Murphy by Samuel Beckett

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