[enigmail] Import key gives: Error - No valid armored OpenPGP data block found

Maarten Hoogveld

2004-07-03 21:46:45 UTC

I would start by upgrading Thunderbird to 0.7.1 if you haven't already
It had some problems with the new extension manager which caused all
kinds of weird stuff.
Be sure to follow the installation instructions.
I think it's something like:
- disable enigmail plugin (context menu in the extension manager)
- uninstall enigmail (also in extension manager)
- uninstall Thunderbird (this won't delete your mail and settings)
- delete contents of chrome folder in your Thunderbird profile directory
- install Thunderbird
- install newest enigmime and enigmail

Hope this solves it.

Re,
Maarten Hoogveld

Post by Bas Janssen
Hi there
Got a slight problem here...
Everytime i choose "import public key" from the main enigmail menu (when
viewing a signed message) i get a popup error message, saying
Error - No valid armored OpenPGP data block found
This happens to every mail signed...
I can import public keys with gpgshell i'm using (exelent program!) but
that's a time consuming work-around....
Thunderbird 0.7
Enigmail 0.84.1.0
gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.3-nr1
on windows 98
keyserver hkp://sks.keyserver.penguin.de
keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve verbose no-include-revoked
include-subkeys
load-extension Lib\idea
# HTTP Keyserver
#keyserver pgp.mit.edu
# LDAP Keyserver
Signing/encrypting/decrypting mail works fine btw
Any suggestions how to solve this problem ?
Regards,
Bas Janssen
also posted trough news.mozdev.org .. If I get an answer there I'll post it