After fixing ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf (remove wrong stuff in it introduce by some program) and following http://userbase.kde.org/KMail/PGP_MIME#Issues and adding the pinetry-qt4 package, it works.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179997 suggest this is a distro bug, which seems probale in my installation (xubuntu jaunty upgraded to karmic, with kde stuff) -- kmail cannot sign mails, but can crypt them https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/451719 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdepim in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs