What happened to Enigmail?

[James Moe]

Hello,
linux 4.1.21-14-default x86_64
tb 38.7.0
enigmail 1.9.2

I got an error message from Enigmail complaining about the GPG setup.
I went to the indicated website, <https://enigmail.net/faq>, got blocked
by FF about a totally bogus SSL certificate.
Further investigation shows that the Enigmail website is broken:
(paraphrased) "Due to a configuration error ..." you may now piss off.
A web search shows no discussion about the broken site or broken
operation.

Does anyone know what the story is?


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James Moe
jmm-list at sohnen-moe dot com

[Good Guy]

Try this link:

<http://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/faq?view=category&id=14>

Or this one:

<http://enigmail.net/faq>

Good luck.

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[VanguardLH]

James Moe wrote:

> linux 4.1.21-14-default x86_64
> tb 38.7.0
> enigmail 1.9.2
>
> I got an error message from Enigmail complaining about the GPG setup.
> I went to the indicated website, <https://enigmail.net/faq>, got blocked
> by FF about a totally bogus SSL certificate.

Don't know where you got that URL. It is not an SSL-secured page. That
is not even the URL they use in the "FAQ" selection in their navbar at
their web site. Looks like you are using an old and out-of-date
bookmark. Use HTTP (instead of HTTPS) with the URL that you mentioned.
That page then redirects you to:

https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/faq?view=category&id=14

> Further investigation shows that the Enigmail website is broken:
> (paraphrased) "Due to a configuration error ..." you may now piss off.

That's what happens when a web site undergoes maintenance or updates.
Too often the web admin doesn't edit their pages (along with their nav
paths) in the background and then push them out all at once. There is
also a problem with caching at the clients which have the old pages
instead of the new ones.

> A web search shows no discussion about the broken site or broken
> operation.
>
> Does anyone know what the story is?

I don't use Thunderbird for web surfing. Presumably it will cache the
downloaded files just like a web browser. Have you flushed Tbird's TIF
(temporary internet files) cache and any web cache it uses?

[James Moe]

On 06/20/2016 03:10 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
>> > I got an error message from Enigmail complaining about the GPG setup.
>> > I went to the indicated website, <https://enigmail.net/faq>, got blocked
>> > by FF about a totally bogus SSL certificate.
>
> Don't know where you got that URL.
>

It is the URL provided by the error message.
It is the same URL a web search returns, less the "/faq".

> That page then redirects you to:
>
> https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/faq?view=category&id=14
>

So. A site about privacy and security has significantly messed up
security certificates. Hmph.

Thank you for the correct URL.