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| author | drduh <github@duh.to> | 2024-08-18 18:32:47 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-08-18 18:32:47 +0000 |
| commit | 59caacc134ed8d2984a9dd0bfe0a9ce2ad34eb65 (patch) | |
| tree | ae845138cba4b69e1807d51880b61799c28c1051 | |
| parent | Merge pull request #453 from jwpconsulting/update-nix (diff) | |
| parent | mail/thunderbird: fix typo (diff) | |
| download | YubiKey-Guide-59caacc134ed8d2984a9dd0bfe0a9ce2ad34eb65.tar.gz | |
Merge pull request #457 from snqk/docs/thunderbird
mail/thunderbird: add instructions & warnings
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 7 |
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@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ To suggest an improvement, send a pull request or open an [issue](https://github + [Chained GnuPG agent forwarding](#chained-gnupg-agent-forwarding) * [Using multiple YubiKeys](#using-multiple-yubikeys) * [Email](#email) + + [Thunderbird](#thunderbird) + [Mailvelope](#mailvelope) + [Mutt](#mutt) * [Keyserver](#keyserver) @@ -1670,6 +1671,12 @@ See discussion in Issues [#19](https://github.com/drduh/YubiKey-Guide/issues/19) YubiKey can be used to decrypt and sign emails and attachments using [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/), [Enigmail](https://www.enigmail.net) and [Mutt](http://www.mutt.org/). Thunderbird supports OAuth 2 authentication and can be used with Gmail. See [this EFF guide](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-pgp-linux) for more information. Mutt has OAuth 2 support since version 2.0. +### Thunderbird + +Follow [instructions on the mozilla wiki](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:OpenPGP:Smartcards#Configure_an_email_account_to_use_an_external_GnuPG_key) to setup your YubiKey with your thunderbird client using the external gpg provider. + +**Important** Thunderbird [fails](https://github.com/drduh/YubiKey-Guide/issues/448) to decrypt emails if the ASCII `armor` option is enabled in your `~/.gnupg/gpg.conf`. If you see the error `gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=2d)` or `message cannot be decrypted (there are unknown problems with this encrypted message)` simply remove this option from your config file. + ### Mailvelope [Mailvelope](https://www.mailvelope.com/en) allows YubiKey to be used with Gmail and others. |