On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 05:39:56AM -0500, David T-G spewed into the ether: [clip] > % Problem... > % > % When I receive mime encoded msgs I can't read it and mutt reports that > % the signature couldn't be verified even though the screen output > % reports a good signature. And I can't read the msg unless I press v > > You should check the exit code of gpg. If it's nonzero and you haven't > specifically set mutt to recognize "good signature text" then mutt will > see it as a failure anyway. > I set pgp_good_sign and now mutt/gpg verifies signatures on encrypted mime encoded msgs. But it still doesn't allow me to decrypt the message. ESC-P doesn't work either.. > > % to go to the attachment menu. > % Save the whole thing as a text file. Then I have to > % run gpg --decrypt once which verifies the signature and then run gpg again > % on that output to decrypt the msg. Why is that happening? Below > > That's certainly a good question. My guess at the moment is that it's an > in-line encryption that has been MIME signed -- an interesting way to mix > PGP processing. > > > % is the from the mime messages which I can't read.. > % > ... > % [-- PGP output follows (current time: Tue Jul 16 17:11:22 2002) --] > > This is good... > > > ... > % [-- End of PGP output --] > > That's the end of that PGP report and we've now stripped away the > signature. > > > % > % [-- BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE --] > > Now we see what was sent. > > > % > ... > % -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- > % Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > Oho! This looks traditional! Hence my thoughts of the mixing. > > What about starting simply: can you send yourself signed, encrypted, and > signed+encrypted messages and read them properly? > > If *you* can read *your* messages, then whose can you not read? Is it > just one person? Put your public key on the servers and we can try > sending you (signed and unsigned) encrypted messages for you to test. >
I can read my messages fine with no problem. My key should be on the public servers. I uploaded it to wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net a couple of months ago. Since this is the only person I communicate with using encryption at the moment I have had no one else to compare it with. They are using Eudura/Windows with the PGPfreeware 7.0.3 plugin. > Have one of your problematic correspondents send you vanilla test > messages in s+e and u+e formats so that you can attach them for the list > so that we have a real example to view. We don't need your private key > (or even the other person's public key); we just need the actual email. > Hmmm... In fact, it doesn't matter what's in the message, does it? :-) > I have attached one of the problem msgs <file testmsg.pgp>. Let me know what you find out. TIA jbw > > ... > % > % > % Is this a problem with mutt or gpg? > > It looks to me like a problem with the sender and perhaps his MUA's > configuration, actually. > > > % > % TIA > % > % jbw > > > HTH & HAND > > :-D > -- > David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles > (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie > (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! >
testmsg.pgp
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msg29734/pgp00000.pgp
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