David E. Ross wrote: > On 1/4/2019 8:45 AM, David H. Durgee wrote: >> Back in October, 2018 I set up Enigmail on SeaMonkey 2.49.4 here. Today >> I received my first encrypted email and found that I have forgotten my >> pass phrase. I am still able to send encrypted and signed emails, but I >> cannot read the encrypted replies. >> >> My recollection from when I installed the plug-in and first started >> signing emails is that I had to enter the pass phrase and it was saved >> at that point in Password Manager. As the pass phrase is needed to >> access the private key required for the signing I am almost certain of this. >> >> Looking in Password Manager I am having no luck locating this entry. Is >> the Enigmail plug-in storing it somewhere else? Any pointers from >> anyone else on this? >> >> My only alternatives are to recall my pass phrase or revoke my current >> key and generate a new pair. >> >> Dave >> > > I believe the passphrase for signing should be the same as for > decrypting. Thus, if you can still sign, you should be able to decrypt. > At least, that is the way PGP works. >
I believe you are correct. The problem is that I have forgotten the pass phrase. I must have had Password Manager memorize it, as I can still send encrypted messages. Unfortunately I am being prompted for the pass phrase when I need to receive an encrypted message even though I don't have to enter it to send one. I don't know how the Password Manager has stored the pass phrase. If I did I should be able to copy/paste from the manager into the prompt and then get it saved properly. Any idea how it is saved? Dave _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
