[ic] PGP encrypted emails appearing blank

Dan Browning interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Sat Nov 9 10:56:05 2002


At 08:17 PM 11/9/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>ok, i'm still having the same problem as before, PGP emails are being
>encrypted, but they're appearing blank in the mail client - the PGP block IS
>in there, so long as you go in and view the message source.
>
>when i posed the question earlier, a mailing list link was posted who's
>contents basically suggested that i should check to ensure the ENCRYPTOR
>section works from the command line. well, it still does, and it did before
>aswell :)
>
>the message is appearing blank in outlook, outlook express, AND mozilla's
>mail client. is this a mime type issue? i really dont understand how a mail
>client can simply ignore a huge slab of text.
>
>just for the sake of completion, here's my order route, and other
>appropriate strings...
>
>Variable ENCRYPTOR PGP gpg --no-default-keyring --always-trust --keyring
>/home/mvend/.gnupg/pubring.gpg -e -a --batch -t -r '%s'
>
>Variable PGP_KEY ritontor@icenet.com.au
>
>EncryptKey ritontor@icenet.com.au
>
>Route main  <<EOF
>         attach            0
>         encrypt           1
>         credit_card       1
>         default           0
>         reply             email@address.com
>         email             ritontor@icenet.com.au
>         errors_to         ritontor@icenet.com.au
>#        pgp_cc_key        "__PGP_KEY__"
>#        pgp_key           "__PGP_KEY__"
>         receipt           etc/receipt.html
>         report            etc/report
>         supplant          1
>         individual_track  orders
>         track             logs/tracking.asc
>EOF


For what it's worth, I couldn't get Outlook Express + WinPT + GPGOE to work 
unless I removed one of the blocks of encryption in etc/report.  Apparently 
it decrypts the first and then chokes on the second.  You might try 
removing one or the other to see if it helps.

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