[Kde-pim] KMail and "encrypt to self" issue

Jos Poortvliet jos at mijnkamer.nl
Tue Aug 21 14:14:56 BST 2007


On 8/21/07, Tom Albers <toma at kovoks.nl> wrote:
>
> At Tuesday 21 August 2007 14:52, you wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >
> > ok it's somewhat reassuring that I'm not the only one with the issue. As
> for
> > the solution proposed (installation of pinentry) it didn't do the trick,
> it
> > was actually already installed. And as I mentionned before, when I
> receive
> > messages from people who encrypt them using my public key, I can decrypt
> them
> > perfectly (I get the window asking for the passphrase).
> >
> > And no, sorry Markus, no solution yet... But, on the bright side, I'm
> > motivated enough to start some serious digging, so who knows, maybe I'll
> find
> > something... Although I'm a complete noob regarding KDE development, so
> don't
> > expect any miracles :).
> >
> > Hopefully some more intimate with the code could shed some light ?
> >
> > acp
>
> I just post in the middle, as one is top posting and the other is bottom
> posting.


LOL

One of you is getting the question for the passphrase, the other one is not.
> Different problems.
>
> > On Tuesday 21 August 2007, Markus Feilner wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag 16 August 2007 15:02:47 schrieb Alexis Papadopoulos:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I've decided to try something else and sent to myself an encrypted
> mail
> > > > (with one of my own keys), after having unchecked the "encrypt to
> self"
> > > > box.
> > > >
> > > > I cannot open the e-mail, the error given is Bad Passphrase although
> none
> > > > was asked, and none was taken from KDE Wallet. (the error number,
> see 1st
> > > > mail, is also not the one corresponding to the 'Bad Passphrase' one)
> > > >
> > > > Am I the only one having this issue ? I tend to think not since I'm
> > > > facing it with two different configurations...
> > > >
> > > > Can someone confirm/refute ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > acp
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> > > OH - I should have seen your mail before starting new thread:
> > > I am having the same problem here.
> > > Did you find a solution?
> > >
> > > This is what I wrote:
> > > > on KDE 3.5.7 I have some troubles with PGP and Kontact:
> > > >
> > > > Pgp works fine, i can encode and decode text. I can also send me a
> signed
> > > > E-Mail with Kontact, and it recognizes the key of the incoming
> message
> > > > correctly.
> > > > E-Mail Encryption with Kontact works, but decryption doesn't.
> > > > I should be asked for a password for the private key, but I am not,
> > > > instead, kontact shows "wrong passphrase", even though i have not
> > > > provided any.
> > > >
> > > > If I copy the PGP-encrypted part from the source code of the mail
> and
> > > > paste it into the editor of kgpg, I can decrypt the message, thus I
> > > > believe encryption is working.
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