tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/problems/72463-gpgmail-public-key-unusableGPGTools: Discussion 2018-04-17T10:10:32Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/451048232018-04-15T21:10:57Z2018-04-15T21:10:57ZGPGMail: public key unusable<div><p>Hi Roland,</p>
<p>welcome to the GPGTools support platform. Sorry you are having problems using GPG Suite.</p>
<p>Let's check if your key is ok:</p>
<ol>
<li>open GPG Keychain<br></li>
<li>double click your sec/pub key<br></li>
<li>search for "Validity" in <strong>key tab</strong> and post the value to your discussion<br></li>
<li>search for "Validity" in <strong>subkey tab</strong> and post the value to your discussion</li>
</ol>
<p>Should your key have expired, please re-new the expiration date in the key tab. To renew the subkey, click the cogwheel icon in the subkey tab and update the expiration date.</p>
<p>To test the change, send a signed and encrypted test email to yourself. Are you able to decrypt and verify the signature successfully?</p>
<p>In case your key resides on the public key servers, don't forget to upload your updated key, so that the changes are reflected there as well.</p>
<p>We have open ticket to address this problem. Ideally GPG Keychain and GPGMail would be more pro-active about expiring keys and inform users ahead of the expiry date and explain how by extending the expiry date the key can be used in the future.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
Steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/451048232018-04-16T00:36:44Z2018-04-16T00:36:47ZGPGMail: public key unusable<div><p>Hi Steve,</p>
<p>looks like the problem was just an expired subkey which is updated and uploaded now. Test email worked fine. So thanks a lot for your help!</p>
<p>Best regards<br>
Roland</p></div>rolandtag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/451048232018-04-17T10:10:27Z2018-04-17T10:10:27ZGPGMail: public key unusable<div><p>Perfect. Glad, this is solved for you.</p>
<p>We will see, to improve the software behavior regarding this in the future.</p>
<p>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,<br>
steve</p></div>Steve