GPG Mail: Incoming signed emails do not show the .asc attachment
Which of our tools is giving you problems?
GPG Mail.
Attach a screenshot of the version info for all installed components (how to: https://gpgtools.tenderapp.com/kb/faq/where-can-i-find-version-info...):
see attachment.
I first used the stable version of GPG Suite, then (because of this problem) I installed the current latest version, so I am currently running:
GPG Suite 2018.5, GPG Mail 3.0.1.
On Mac OS 10.14.2, with Apple Mail 12.2.
Describe your problem. Add as much detail as possible.
When I receive signed emails from colleagues (i.e., the email in Apple Mail is correctly displayed with the text “Security: Signed ([email blocked])”), but the email does not show any .asc attachment.
What did you expect instead
I expect signed email messages to contain an .asc attachment. This would enable me to save the attachment, or drag it to GPG Keychain to import the key into my keychain.
Describe steps leading to the problem.
- I receive signed email.
- I open the email in Apple Mail.
- I verify that the email is recognized as signed (i.e., the email in Apple Mail is correctly displayed with the text “Security: Signed ([email blocked])
- I check whether the email is shown with attachments, in particular: with the expected signature.asc attachment
Are you using any other Mail.app plugins?
No.
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Steve on 23 Jan, 2019 07:21 PM
Hi jjh,
welcome to the GPGTools support platform. Sorry you are having problems using GPG Suite.
There are a few things to take into consideration here:
Basically GPG Mail is behaving as expected. You received a signed email. The email is shown as signed and the signature was successfully verified. That is all sweet and dandy.
If you want to see what it would look like if a public key was attached to a signed email, please open GPG Keychain any key then select menubar > key > send public key via email.
That will open an email draft. Make sure that message is signed (and encrypted if you also want to test that) and then that draft to yourself. You would then receive a signed and encrypted email with an asc files attached, which is the shared public key.
Hope this makes sense.
All the best,
Steve
2 Posted by jjh on 24 Jan, 2019 06:35 AM
oh ok, thank you for clarifying this!
Support Staff 3 Posted by Steve on 27 Jan, 2019 04:59 PM
No worries. 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.
Best,
Steve
Steve closed this discussion on 27 Jan, 2019 04:59 PM.