Why are signatures marked as bad?

[Charly Avital]

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Robert Smits wrote the following on 12/22/06 1:44 AM:
> I'm using the KGpg that comes with Suse 10.1. I use the KDE desktop and hence 
> Kmail to send my email. 
> 
> When I sign a message with my personal key, when it leaves my outbox the 
> message is marked by a green banner saying "Message was signed by 
> bob at rsmits.ca (Key ID: 0xA3DF27D8336EF8A7).
> The signature is valid and the key is ultimately trusted."
> 
> If I send it to myself, the messages comes back with a red banner saying 
> "Message was signed by bob at rsmits.ca (Key ID: 0xA3DF27D8336EF8A7).
> Warning: The signature is bad."
> 
> The signature itself is not outdated, so why is this happening?
> 
> Thanks, Bob.

Your signature verifies as Good.

Regards,
Charly
Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 - Enigmail 0.94.1.2 - GnuPG 1.4.6 under MacOS X 10.4.8

KeyOnCard at:
<http://homepage.mac.com/shavital/iblog/B788933981/C1591872826/E20061125110933/index.html>

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