Re: [Enigmail] Using a specific subkey in Enigmail

On 1/3/2020 7:24 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> john doe wrote on 03.01.2020 19:18:
>> On 1/3/2020 7:05 PM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
>>> john doe wrote on 03.01.2020 18:43:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have multiple subkeys on my GPG key and I'm not finding a way to let
>>>> enigmail  use a specific subkey.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What's the best way to use enigmail with subkey?
>>>
>>> Enigmail does not support that.
>>>
>>
>> Okay, so to use enigmail, only one subkey for the sign capability and
>> one subkey for the encrypt capability is allowed.
>
> No, that's not what I said. You can't /select/ a /specific/ subkey with
> Enigmail. Everything else is fully supported. I.e. gpg chooses an
> appropriate subkey for whatever operation is performed.
>
>> Is there any plan to add this functionality to enigmail?
>
> No.
>
>> What is the state of subkey with regard to Thunderbird when support for
>> GPG will be built-in?
>
> Same.
>

Thank you Patrick foranswering my questions in my quest of finding a
suitable solution for my needs! :)

I also'd like to thank the below two for their answers:

Eli Schwartz <[email protected]>
Robert J. Hansen <[email protected]>

--
John Doe

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