[Enigmail] question about Y!Mail, T-Bird/webmail, PGP/MIME and encryption...

[Charly Avital]

Barry Smith wrote the following on 1/29/08 4:24 PM:
> Thank you, list members.
> 
> Can anyone help me figure out the settings (enigmail OR Y!Mail)
> to get signed/encrypted emails through Y!Mail?
> 
> I'm still trying to effectively sign/encrypt emails through
> 1) Thunderbird,
> 2) Enigmail, and
> 3) WebMail-Yahoo.
> 
> Case 1 --
> First, I enter my email into T-Bird.
> I tell OpenPGP (enigmail) to sign, only...
> I do not use PGP-MIME.
> Then I hit [Send].
> 
> After I click [Send], enigmail performs the sign/encrypt function.
> Last, WebMail-Yahoo uses the web interface to paste my emails into
> Yahoo web pages.
> The emails in my Sent folder look perfect, and most of the emails
> are received intact.  Some of the emails that I send are received
> with signing errors.
> 
> ...
> 
> In an attempt to get more of the emails through Y!Mail intact, I
> tried to use PGP/MIME.
> 
> Case 2:
> I enter my email into T-Bird.
> I tell OpenPGP (enigmail) to sign, only...
> I click to use PGP-MIME.
> Then I hit [Send].
> 
> When I use PGP/MIME, the email in my sent folder is signed... but
> the email received is plaintext.
> 
> Note: I'm using the process from Case 1 to send this email.
> 
> Thanks

Received in-line signed e-mail, signature verifies:
"OpenPGP Security Info
Good signature from Barry Smith (2008-01-21 2048 no expire)
<bnsmith001 at yahoo.com>
Key ID: 0x58A3CABD / Signed on: 1/29/08 4:24 PM
Key fingerprint: 23B2 B542 F88B 13FE 8014 6911 20FE 9C30 58A3 CABD"

Charly
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