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Enigmail is a security extension to Mozilla Thunderbird and Seamonkey. It enables you to write and receive email messages signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard.

Enigmail is a security extension to Mozilla Thunderbird and Seamonkey. It enables you to write and receive email messages signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard.

To use it you must have one of the supported mail clients and the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) software.

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force gpg-agent to forget password

I am using gpg-agent 2.0.17 with gpg 1.4.11 on ubuntu 12.04 and the Enigmail Addon for Thunderbird. When opening an encrypted email, Enigmail invokes gpg-agent with the associated pinentry program and asks for the password. I then have the option to…
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HTML or rich e-mails do not work with Enigmal in Thunderbird

I would like to be able to receive HTML/rich e-mails, but since I installed Enigmail for Thunderbird, this has not been possible. All e-mails are shown as plain text or not shown at all. This has some positive sides, but some e-mails come though…
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Public/Private key locations with Enigmail and Thunderbird on Windows

Sorry if this is a simple answered question, I just cannot find what I'm looking for. I'd like to find the location of my public/private key combinations on my Windows machine that I made through Enigmail, so I can distribute my public key and make…
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How do I get thunderbird to use my gpg keyring?

Since the latest "improve"ments to Thunderbird, I now have two different gpg keyrings instead of just one. How can I get Thunderbird to use the gpg keyring in ~/.gnupg, instead of its own internal one?
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How do I prevent Enigmail from encrypting my email, even when encryption is turned off?

Enigmail add-on to Thunderbird is encrypting all emails, even when encryption is turned off. I save the email as a draft, and when I view it in Drafts folder (or if it was sent), then it shows as blank and encrypted! I even restarted Thunderbird…
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Enigmail cannot communicate with gpg-agent

Update As of Ubuntu 16.04, the plug-in works as expected and there's no need to downgrade as suggested in the accepted answer. The question was applicable to Ubuntu 15.04 and, maybe, 15.10. Original Post I've been using Thunderbird + Enigmail for…
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How to fix GnuPG after importing a poisoned key (without just deleting it)

My GnuPG client automatically refreshed the keys in its keyring from a keyserver, and it imported a poisoned key. How can I fix my keyring without merely deleting the poisoned public key? Last month a number of high-profile pgp certificiates were…
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Send email via Thunderbird (Enigmail) as HTML

I'm having a problem that I want to use Thunderbird in combination with the Enigmail addodn to send and recieve emails that are enrypted by PGP. I can already view emails that are sent to me as HTML, however, when trying to write an email, the…
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Fetch GPG public keys for thunderbird address book contacts

I just started using GPG in Thunderbird 17 (via enigmail). Now I want to fill my private key database with all the keys of other people that use mail encryption as well. One way, other than asking people for their private keys directly, is to check…
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Enigmial does not put the secret key into the secret keyring

I've been using Enigmail 1.8.2 on Thunderbird 38.5.0 from the Fedora 23 repository. I generated a key pair by using Enigmail and I can send encrypted and signed emails by using Thunderbird (or even by using other MUA). Now I want to use the key pair…
Hoge Huga
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Is it possible to setup Enigmail for Thunderbird, so that signatures are sent as attachments?

In a PGP sign only email, I find that when I use Enigmail, the signature is part of the body of the email and is pretty painful to read on say a browser. I have seen others send signed email where the signature comes as an attachment. Is it possible…
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gpg-agent fails with "command get_passphrase failed: End of file" on pinentry

I'm trying to use Enigmail with Thunderbird on Linux. GPG itself is set up, keys imported and I already can use the key management functions (including signing of keys) from kgpg. But Mail encryption still fails, because seemingly the gpg-agent…
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No HTML email after installing Enigmail in Thunderbird 3.1.10

I am running Thunderbird 3.1.10 on Mac OS X 10.6.7, and have just installed GnuPG and Enigmail extensions per the official website's instructions. Unfortunately, all the emails I receive now are all in plain text, including the HTML emails. What…
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How and where does Windows save the password for pgp keys?

When I use Eingmail in Thunderbird on Windows I can choose to save the pgp key password. Where is this password stored? Is it safely stored? How does that work compared to a Ubuntu System?
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How can I send email with the subject as well as the body encrypted

I use encrypted email to converse with some people. Unfortunately, the encryption doesn't apply to the message subject. Now, on one hand, I do want to use meaningful subjects/titles, but on the other hand - I lose half the value of encryption if…
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