Merry Christmas to one and all! :-) On Thursday, 25 December 2025 11:24:03 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote: > On 12/25/25 3:33 AM, Michael wrote: > > On Thursday, 25 December 2025 08:32:15 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote: > >> Update. I found a add-on that imports old emails. It's named > >> "ImportExportTools NG" and it's available by searching for it in the > >> add-ons Tool menu. You just find the directory for your old email and > >> let it do its thing. It took a few minutes so I was pretty sure it was > >> working this time. Do expect read messages to appear as unread after it > >> is done. I'm going through and marking some older threads as read. > >> > >> This is a LOT like Seamonkey but it is different enough that it's going > >> to take some getting used to. Still, at this point, I'm switched and I > >> think Thunderbird is going to be around a while. > >> > >> I do have one thing that is annoying and I can't figure out how to get > >> rid of it. I don't know what it is for one. In the message pane, right > >> below From, To, Subject and such is a section that starts with > >> "autocrypt" with a lot of stuff that looks like a encryption key or > >> something. Since I have no idea what it is, no need in me seeing it and > >> it taking up so much space on my screen. Anyone have a clue what it is > >> so maybe I can figure out how to make it go away? I've tried making > >> things visible and invisible but that part stays there. It seems to > >> only show on my own messages tho, my replies to this list for example. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > > > > I'm not sure what you're describing - it doesn't show up here, but I have > > not enabled message encryption. > > > > T'bird is using a different encryption tool to Enigmail, which was > > abandoned some years ago. You can set it up under Settings > Privacy & > > Security > Email End-To-End Encryption. You can read about it here: > > > > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Migration-From-Enigmail > > > > You can export/import your GnuPG keys to Thunderbird's RNP tool, or set up > > new keys using RNP. > > I think that article is about a much older version of Thunderbird. > Nothing it says to go to seems to exist. > > I did find the import tool. Thing is, every time I point it to my keys, > I get a error. I've tried secret and public keys. Neither work. > > I'm not sure what it is looking for because I have OpenPGP keys. It just > refuses to use them. I need them because I have old email that I might > need to access some day. I really need all the keys. If possible. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
You should export the public and private keys, but from what I recall you need to export them separately. Going from memory here, the public keys at least need to be exported as armored ASCII. You can try: gpg --export --armor --output my_public_keys.asc gpg --export-secret-keys --armor --output my_secret_key.asc Then try to import these in T'bird using the RNP tool. I found this page which is more up to date: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/openpgp-thunderbird-howto-and-faq
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