can't use the same keyring from linux on windows

[Patrick Brunschwig]

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coco coco wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using thunderbird on Linux since 0.2 on my laptop, but
> recently, due to
> laptop problem, I want to move my mail to use portable thunderbird on a
> mobile hd.
> 
> I've already moved my profile from Linux to the portable tb, and it's
> working fine,
> 
> except, I can't get enigmail to work correctly. I've copied my pubring
> and secring
> into the gpg folder, and the key manager can show all keys correctly,
> including
> my key pairs and other people's public keys. Enigmail can figure out my
> key ID from
> my email address. But I'm still having problem getting enigmail to work
> correctly.
> When I'm trying to send a signed message, I'm getting the following
> error from
> the enigmail console:
> 
> enigmail> G:\PortableThunderbird\gpg\gpg.exe --charset utf8 --batch
> --no-tty --
> status-fd 2 --comment 'Using GnuPG with Thunderbird -
> http://enigmail.mozdev.org
> ' -s -b -t -a -u 0xA41D9118undefined
> gpg: skipped "0xA41D9118undefined": malformed user id
> gpg: signing failed: malformed user id
> enigmail.js: Enigmail.encryptMessageEnd: Error in command execution
> 
> I don't understand why I'm getting this. Is it because my key rings are
> from
> Linux, and I'm using it on Windows? Curiously, I can't get gpg to work
> correctly
> on the command line either. I try to encrypt a file to myself, and then
> when I
> try to decrypt, it's complaining that the secret key is not available.
> 
> Could anyone give a hint on what does that mean?
> 
> The GPG packaged with portable thunderbird is version 1.4.1.
> 
> Thanks a lot.

This looks like Thunderbird (or Enigmail to be precise) is doing
something wrong. I would open the "OpenPGP Security" settings of the
identity you're using to check if everything is correctly configured,
especially your key ID.

- -Patrick

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