Enigmail forgetting to put headers in PGP/MIME message

[jeff_grady]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Hi. When I first type my PGP passphrase to sign a message (I'm not sure if this happens when I type it incorrectly or if it does it all the time), and then send the message with a PGP/MIME signature, the message is munged in some way.

One possible cause is I noticed in one message right after I typed my passphrase, it sent a message with a MIME part of:

--------------enigD6959F3FE292C69283C1F792
(message text)

Then, when I replied to the same exact message with the passphrase cached, it sent the message with a MIME part of:

--------------enigB2AA7D646DC3A19F7EAD98A7
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In that case, it seemed to forget to add the headers to the MIME part.

Other odd issues I've observed after just typing my passphrase and sending a message are:

* Thunderbird (on ubuntu 8.04) and Entourage (on a mac) both chop off the first paragraph of my message

* Thunderbird (on ubuntu 8.04) and Entourage (on a mac) both fail to recognize a MIME part as a file attachment and instead render the base64-encoded data to the screen

I'm using the following:

ii mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 Transition package for mozilla-thunderbird r
ii mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail 2:0.95.0-0ubuntu5 Transitional package for enigmail
ii thunderbird 2.0.0.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 mail/news client with RSS and integrated spa

on:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.2
Release: 8.04

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 12 18:26:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/akamai/bin
 LANG=en_US
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

does this ever occur in trusty or later?

[jeff_grady (jeff-grady)]

I'm not sure.  I haven't used Enigmail in years.

     On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 12:15 AM, Rolf Leggewie <email address hidden> wrote:

 does this ever occur in trusty or later?

** Changed in: enigmail (Ubuntu)
      Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: enigmail (Ubuntu)
    Assignee: (unassigned) => Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)

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Title:
  Enigmail forgetting to put headers in PGP/MIME message

Status in enigmail package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: thunderbird

  Hi.  When I first type my PGP passphrase to sign a message (I'm not
  sure if this happens when I type it incorrectly or if it does it all
  the time), and then send the message with a PGP/MIME signature, the
  message is munged in some way.

  One possible cause is I noticed in one message right after I typed my
  passphrase, it sent a message with a MIME part of:

  --------------enigD6959F3FE292C69283C1F792
  (message text)

  Then, when I replied to the same exact message with the passphrase
  cached, it sent the message with a MIME part of:

  --------------enigB2AA7D646DC3A19F7EAD98A7
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
  Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

  In that case, it seemed to forget to add the headers to the MIME part.

  Other odd issues I've observed after just typing my passphrase and
  sending a message are:

  * Thunderbird (on ubuntu 8.04) and Entourage (on a mac) both chop off
  the first paragraph of my message

  * Thunderbird (on ubuntu 8.04) and Entourage (on a mac) both fail to
  recognize a MIME part as a file attachment and instead render the
  base64-encoded data to the screen

  I'm using the following:

  ii  mozilla-thunderbird                        2.0.0.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 Transition package for mozilla-thunderbird r
  ii  mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail              2:0.95.0-0ubuntu5                  Transitional package for enigmail
  ii  thunderbird                                2.0.0.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 mail/news client with RSS and integrated spa

  on:

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 8.04.2
  Release:    8.04

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue May 12 18:26:16 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
  SHELL=/bin/bash
  PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/akamai/bin
  LANG=en_US
  SourcePackage: thunderbird
  Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686

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[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Thank you for reporting back. I'll close this ticket as unreproducible.