GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 219789
GPG Key not being read properly?
Last modified: 2002-10-06 23:18:47 UTC
Package: Evolution Priority: Normal Version: 1.0.1 Synopsis: GPG Key not being read properly? Bugzilla-Product: Evolution Bugzilla-Component: Mailer Description: I have a friend's GnuPG key in my keyring, and when I click on the lock, it says that his signature is invalid: This message is digitally signed but can not be proven to be authentic. gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) gpg: armor header: Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org gpg: Signature made Thu 31 Jan 2002 04:13:16 PM EST using DSA key ID A9D36482 gpg: BAD signature from "Fred A. Miller <fm@cupserv.org>" -EOF- If I open this message in KMail, the signature verifies fine... Evolution still rocks, good work guys!
I have done some more research, and have found that Evolution doesn't handle the GPG portion of messages right. KMail doesn't understand the gobbledygook, so refuses to acknowledge that the message is signed. Therefore, GPG encrypted or signed messages do not work between KMail and Evolution. (and probably not between Evolution and any other GPG/PGP capable email client). Here is an example of the GPG signature area of an email GPG signed with KMail: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Test message - signed by me -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Xc5C3pOz+fmMqdsRAoHrAJ9g7IhcUwSt1kTymHjYuGvqMuZ5FgCeJPmS N48c7jTVKCURM/ZjYComKJE= =61Qt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Now here is Evolution: --=-d7SFfukpdqc8RycABLBg Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Test message, signed by me --=-d7SFfukpdqc8RycABLBg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA8Xc3y3pOz+fmMqdsRAiANAJ0SDB/S5yYmzCC5NVSrmxMsArv59gCfSx32 /g473bKEzoGuJEMcOXE1wg8= =hib1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-d7SFfukpdqc8RycABLBg-- See the extra gunk in there? That's confusing other GPG capable email readers and not allowing me to communicate with them :( Thanks, and have a great day!
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 217540 ***
KMail uses inline pgp (which is not meant for use with mail) while Evolution uses the PGP/MIME standard form. see http://www.ietf.org/rfcs/rfc3156.txt for details (that url might not be right, but if you go to www.ietf.org and search for 3156 it will give you the correct url)