[aklug] Re: Enigmail Hack for Decrypting Large E-mails with Attachments?

From: Christopher Howard <choward@indicium.us>
Date: Wed Oct 07 2009 - 13:45:10 AKDT

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Christopher Howard wrote:
> I tried to send a an e-mail with several large attachments between two
> of my e-mail accounts, using Thunderbird and OpenPGP
> encryption/signature. I can encrypt and send just fine, but after
> receiving I go to decrypt the message and Thunderbird says "Message too
> large to decrypt and verify."
> Apparently this is a longstanding, unresolved bug in Enigmail. I can
> download this message, but since it is eml format I am not sure how
> (without learning about eml and writing big scripts) to separate the
> encrypted part from the decrypted part, and then pull each attachment
> out of the decrypted part.
>
> Anyone know of any quick hacks related to this issue?
>

Okay, strange stuff here... I go back 5 minutes later, click on the
e-mail again, and now it is decrypted. (???) Um, I guess that issue is
resolved...

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Christopher Howard
http://indicium.us
http://theologia.indicium.us
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