Re: [Enigmail] Bug: Forwarding signed mails resulting in blank body

Patrick Brunschwig <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:44:45 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.comp.mozilla.enigmail.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
No, I don't ...

On 12.07.2019 12:56, Alexander Strobel wrote:
> I see...
> When Enigmail is deactivated Thunderbird behaves like you described. So
> you're probably right. ;)
> But: As soon as Enigmail is deactivated the body of the email shows up
> when clicking on "Forward". Do you also know why this happens?
> 
> --
> Alex
> 
> 
> Am 11.07.2019 um 17:09 schrieb Patrick Brunschwig:
>> I think this is not a bug in Enigmail, but rather a problem with how
>> Thunderbird interprets the MIME structure.
>>
>> If the PGP/MIME signature is not on the outmost level (which is the case
>> for example for this mailing list, due to the unsigned footer), then
>> Thunderbird will treat the whole PGP/MIME part as attachment.
>>
>> Enigmail is actually not involved at all when forwarding a message -
>> that's purely Thunderbird.
>>
>> -Patrick
>>
>>
>> On 11.07.2019 11:57, Alexander Strobel wrote:
>>> Sorry, I have to correct myself:
>>> Switching on/off the mentioned setting does not affect the problem.
>>> At the moment i am unable to forward signed mails when enigmail is active.
>>>
>>> Some mails can be forwarded correct, others can't.
>>> I tried with few different formats (PGP/Inline, PGP/Mime) and maybe it
>>> is also influenced by the existence of the signers key. But I didn't
>>> verify this at the moment.
>>>
>>> I am not sure what causes this problem. :/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alex Strobel
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 11.07.2019 um 11:47 schrieb Alexander Strobel:
>>>> Think I found a bug, but don't know if it's known already:
>>>>
>>>> Activate the enigmail option to encrypt/sign replies of mails that are
>>>> encrypted/signed. (After selecting manual settings on that tab)
>>>>
>>>> Forwarding a signed mail results in a blank window only containing the
>>>> headers "subject", "from", "to", ...
>>>> The mail to be forwarded is attached as mime structure with name
>>>> nsmail-{$number}.tmp
>>>>
>>>> Replying/forwarding encrypted mails is always ok.
>>>>
>>>> As soon as you deactivate the option mentioned above, forwarding is ok.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Alex Strobel
>>>>
>>>
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