I tried using PGP in Thunderbird on Linux. It was a pain. E-mails suddenly didn'...

stavros · on June 1, 2015

I have the opposite experience. I installed Enigmail and everything just works.

twothamendment · on June 1, 2015

Same here. Thunderbird with Enigmail on linux and it has worked for years.

What really made me happy was K-9 Mail on Android - now I'm not tied to a computer to send or read a secure email.

Facebook? I don't use it, but it is nice to see someone try to get GPG/PGP in front of people.

facepalm · on June 1, 2015

I've been unable to get Enigmail to work in Thunderbird on OS X. Anybody else has that problem? It leaves "normal" mails alone, though.

The issue I have is that it fails to discover my private key, even though gpg2 is clearly aware of it (and Engimail is configured to use gpg2).

ThatGeoGuy · on June 1, 2015

You may be failing to start gpg-agent properly. Are you exporting GPG_AGENT_INFO? What does it say?

I noticed this was somewhat of a sore spot for people when Enigmail started forcing gpg2 instead of letting the user choose. I don't disagree with forcing gpg2, but there were definitely some configuration changes that needed to be made on my system to cope with / reflect that choice.

facepalm · on June 1, 2015

Thanks, I'll look into that. I don't think I ever explicitly configured gpg-agent, so there might be a lingering issue.

keehun · on June 1, 2015

That's interesting. I've had nothing but success on it. It discovered my key that I didn't have to do anything with.