On 26.07.2019 15:47, Philip Jackson wrote:
> Using enigmail version 2.0.12 (20190707-1417)
> Thunderbird 60.8.0 (64-bit)
> gpg 2.2.4
> in UbuntuStudio 18.04 LTS
> 
> I noticed over the past couple of weeks that occasional emails in gnupg or 
> enigmail lists appeared to have no content, only the footer. The message 
> source showed these were signed messages.
> 
> Investigation [Thunderbird's About Enigmail] showed that enigmail "failed to 
> access its core function" on the line where it normally shows "Using gpg 
> executable /usr/bin/gpg to encrypt and decrypt"
> 
> I checked and gpg and gpg-agent were running.
> 
> I haven't changed anything in the setup for years except for recent advice 
> about keyservers. I ran the Enigmail wizard but it seems to hang whatever 
> initial selection I make - but curiously after about 10 minutes when I've 
> given up expecting anything to happen, I suddenly find a setup dialogue with 
> preferences and showing that gpg has been found in /usr/bin/gpg. This seems 
> to enable enigmail to locate gpg and it all works.

I think you suffer the same issue as Jan-Peter Rühmann - one of your
keys is spoiled with 100.000s of useless signatures.

See here for more details:
<https://admin.hostpoint.ch/pipermail/enigmail-users_enigmail.net/2019-July/005440.html>

-Patrick

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