[Enigmail] Unable To Import Public Key

[John Clizbe]

Carlos Williams wrote:
> I received an email from a user which contained his PGP public key as
> an .asc attachment in the email:

<snip>
> 
> I saved the *.asc file to my PC and then attempted to import this file
> and received an error using OpenPGP.

Right click the attachment in Thunderbird, Enigmail's context menu should
contain an option (at top) "Import OpenPGP Key". Import from there.

If a key or attachment is not recognized, you may sometimes get around the lack
of recognition by clicking 'Decrypt'. When I do that on this message I receive
the prompt, "Import public key(s) embedded in message?" Clicking Yes will
attempt to import the key.

> OpenPGP Key Management > File > Import Keys From File
> 
> When I select his key that I saved to my PC, I get the following error
> and I don't know what I am doing wrong.
> Can anyone please assist me and getting this resolved so we both have
> each others info and can exchange encrypted email?

Must be a local issue. Imported fine for me:

The key(s) were successfully imported

gpg: key F292A94C: accepted non self-signed user ID "Page
III.James.Q.ORC1000016239.ID <james.q.page.iii at saic.com>"
gpg: key F292A94C: public key "Page III.James.Q.ORC1000016239.ID
<james.q.page.iii at saic.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

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