tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/beta/1270-gpgmail-invalid-signature-on-email-i-just-created-and-signed-using-macgpg-beta-for-sierraGPGTools: Discussion 2017-05-04T14:18:11Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T17:32:52Z2017-01-18T17:32:52ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>Hey Fred,</p>
<p>welcome to the GPGTools support platform. Sorry you are having
problems using GPG Suite.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback about GPGMail beta for macOS Sierra
10.12.</p>
<p>We think we fixed the problem you are seeing. Could you please
install GPG Suite from <a href="https://releases.gpgtools.org/nightlies/">our nightlies page</a>
and see if the problem then persists.</p>
<p>Looking forward to your feedback.</p>
<p>All the best,<br>
steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T17:48:04Z2017-01-18T17:48:05ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>The symptom I reported, that it would say that a message I had
just created had an invalid signature, seems to be fixed.
Thanks.</p>
<p>I have another thing bugging me now, though. I'm a consultant,
and have several email addresses, and keys for most of them. One,
the address I use as primary, I have forgotten the passphrase for
and need to replace. This address is a relatively new one. I
observe some odd behavior among the addresses, and I'm not sure
whether that is Apple Mail or GPG. So let me tell you, and you can
tell me I'm looking in the wrong place.</p>
<p>Several times, inconsistent but more or less repeatable, I have
started creating a test email using this address, assuming the
signature would be for this address. The tool has changed source
addresses for me, and asked me for the passphrase for my primary
address. When I convince it to stop bugging me for the passphrase
and can actually see the email, I observe that the "from" address
has changed.</p>
<p>Is that an Apple Mail misfeature? I haven't observed it before -
and have been using Apple Mail and GPG for most of 22 years.</p></div>Fred Bakertag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T18:28:31Z2017-01-18T18:28:31ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>Great, thanks for the quick feedback.</p>
<p>We think that what you are seeing is an apple bug. Please use
their feedback form to let them know about this problem:<br>
<a href="http://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html">http://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html</a></p>
<p>Could you temporarily disable GPGMail:</p>
<ul>
<li>shut down mail.app</li>
<li>open finder</li>
<li>navigate to /Library/Mail/Bundles or ~/Library/Mail/Bundles and
copy GPGMail.mailbundle to your desktop</li>
<li>now delete GPGMail.mailbundle from the original folder</li>
</ul>
<p>Restart mail and check in Mail.app > Preferences if you still
see GPGMail. It should be gone.</p>
<p>To re-enable mail, close Mail.app and move the bundle file back
to the Bundles folder.</p>
<p>Does the problem persist now?</p>
<p>Best,<br>
steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T21:06:44Z2017-01-18T21:06:45ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>OK, I did not see the issue with GPG disabled, and now that I
have re-enabled it, I don't see it. Mumble. I hate intermittent
problems - better that it just be broken so it can "just" be
described and fixed.</p>
<p>Sorry to have bothered you. Thanks for fixing the original
problem.</p></div>Fred Bakertag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T21:16:23Z2017-01-18T21:19:15ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>Fred,</p>
<p>I think this is an issue that has been confusing a few people in
Sierra. The new mail.app tries to guess which of your multiple
email addresses you like to email each contact from. This has had
the effect of some sierra users inadvertently emailing people from
the wrong From address. This would cause of you issue you are
describing. It can be disabled in settings, but unfortunately, the
classic behavior is no longer available. You must now choose
between mail.app always selecting the default address or selecting
a From address based on your history with that contact. It has
caused more than one missfire on my part.</p>
<p>I hope this is helpful.</p></div>mpgagnetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T21:17:37Z2017-01-18T21:17:38ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>Very. Thanks.</p></div>Fred Bakertag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T22:26:31Z2017-01-18T22:26:31ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>Thanks mpgagne for pointing this out!</p>
<p>The fact that Mail.app switches the From: account after the
recipient is entered in the To: field of a draft is a new feature
of Mail version 10.x since macOS 10.12 Sierra.</p>
<p>Mail.app does remember from which account you previously wrote
to that recipient and switches to that account, because it assumes
you will want to use the same account again. That isn't such a bad
idea. But the behaviour can be confusing, especially since Apple
does not provide such changes in a proper changelog for
Mail.app.</p>
<p>Navigate to Mail.app > Preferences > Composing and you
will find an option 'Send new messages from: Automatically select
best account'. You can switch that to a default account you would
like to use instead. Or stick with the automatic selection, now
that you know it's not a bug but a feature.</p>
<p><img src="/help/assets/a56eaeec5dc2712a0c7d60ae99e8e2e5b2457ce1/normal/mail.app_setting_automatically_select_best_account.jpg" alt="mail.app_setting_automatically_select_best_account.jpg"></p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T22:38:29Z2017-01-18T22:38:30ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>Thanks. Yes, it's a feature not a bug. And it will be useful now
that I understand it. I guess it would be nice if it posted a
"growl" dialog like "I changed the account for your convenience",
or provided a way that I could control it by policy such as "send
messages to addresses @isc.org from <a href="mailto:fred@isc.org">fred@isc.org</a>" or something like that. In
any event, that's not your problem, it's just fallout.</p></div>Fred Bakertag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/417654712017-01-18T22:39:36Z2017-01-18T22:39:36ZGPGMail: Invalid signature on email I just created and signed using MacGPG Beta for Sierra<div><p>Yes, as mentioned a proper changelog about such changes would
come in handy as well.</p>
<p>Glad, this is solved for you. I'm closing this discussion.
Should you need further assistance or have questions you can
re-open this discussion here or open a new one any time.</p>
<p>Best, steve</p></div>Steve