On Sep 1, 2008, at 7:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is my first message on the list and it immediately is a request
for help ;-)
I used to use PGP with Pegasus Mail but switched my email system to
Thunderbird + GnuPG + Enigmail. I often receive encrypted emails,
from a variety of people. I have noticed that I regularly have the
following problem:
When trying to decrypt a message that comes from someone with PGP 9,
I get the following error:
gpg.exe --charset utf8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 -d --
passphrase-fd 0 --no-use-agent ,gpg: invalid radix64 character 3A
skipped,gpg: invalid radix64 character 2E skipped,gpg: invalid
radix64 character 2E skipped,gpg: invalid radix64 character 28
skipped,gpg: invalid radix64 character 29 skipped,gpg: invalid
radix64 character 3A skipped,gpg: invalid radix64 character 2D
skipped,gpg: CRC error; 188EB4 - 9C15D0,gpg: [don't know]: invalid
packet (ctb=55)
PGP has no problems decrypting these messages. When I remove the
comment lines inserted by PGP (e.g. Version: PGP Desktop 9.8.3
(Build 4028), GnuPG can also decrypt the messages without any
problems.
My question is if there is a work around for this, or if there is an
option that can be used so that the comment line does not interfere
with the decryption.
This come up now and then. The problem, as you noted, is the comment
line. Basically, the PGP comment line is long enough that many
mailers word-wrap it. Thus, the message that gets passed to GPG is
something like:
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: PGP 8.0.2 - not licensed for commercial use:
www.pgp.com
qANQR1DBw04Dxrpn2akpjMkQD/457fxRygbnZG7jAssMb4JuMeXqZdXmMhcGetrm
...
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
Note the "www.pgp.com" wrapped to the next line. There isn't much you
can do about it except check the various word-wrap settings involved.
Some mailers are 'helpful' and break the line in two.
David
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