On 8/24/2020 5:29 PM, Eli Schwartz wrote: > Fortunately, Thunderbird will have optional support for delegating > private key actions (decrypt, sign) to an external GnuPG keyring. This > is primarily being advertised in order to support smartcards. However, > GnuPG won't care whether the private key is in the keyring directly or > used via a smartcard. ;) > > See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards
That sounds interesting, although still a bit unsure how (well) it will work. I guess I will have to see it in practice first. > My understanding is that they won't be kept in sync at all, period -- > though Enigmail's migration tool will do a one-time import from GnuPG > into TB's internal store. > > This is not my ideal use case, but since I will only be using it for > public keys, not private keys, it's not a dealbreaker for me. :) So if you get a new or updated public key (after the initial importation) it sounds like you may to jump through a few hoops to get that make sure your public keyrings are in sync. Hopefully there will be some sort of fix for this _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list enigmail-users@enigmail.net To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
