Bug 368244 - some PGP messages show: Not enough information to check signature validity
Summary: some PGP messages show: Not enough information to check signature validity
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kmail2
Classification: Applications
Component: crypto (show other bugs)
Version: 5.1.3
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2016-09-04 19:00 UTC by kolAflash
Modified: 2022-11-23 05:17 UTC (History)
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Description kolAflash 2016-09-04 19:00:38 UTC
This is being displayed on some messages for which I don't have a public key:

"Not enough information to check signature validity."
Screenshot: http://picpaste.com/not_enough.png

German:
"Es sind nicht genügend Informationen zur Überprüfung der Signatur vorhanden."

Instead KMail should tell me that it misses the public key and give me the key id of that key, so I can start searching for it.

Thunderbird+Enigmail handle the same email much better, telling me "Unverified signature" and then there's a details button giving me the public key id. (there's no details button in KMail)

Here's a copy of such an email without private details.
If someone needs an original copy for debugging (without blackened stuff) send me an email and I'll send it to you. I just don't want to make the whole email completly public because it wasn't written by me.

----------
Return-Path: <mitglieder-bounces@lists.fux-eg.org>
Delivered-To: [...]
Received: from localhost (cubox [127.0.0.1])
	by [...] (Postfix) with ESMTP id [...]
	for [...]; Tue,  9 Aug 2016 [...]
Received: from [...] ([127.0.0.1])
	by localhost ([...] [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
	with ESMTP id [...] for [...]
	Tue,  9 Aug 2016 [...]
Received: from [...] ([...] [[...]])
	(using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
	(No client certificate requested)
	by [...] (Postfix) with ESMTPS id [...]
	for [...]; Tue,  9 Aug 2016 [...]
Received: from [...] ([...] [[...]])
	(using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
	(No client certificate requested)
	by [...] (Postfix) with ESMTPS id [...];
	Tue,  9 Aug 2016 [...]
Received: from [...] (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by [...] (Postfix) with ESMTP id [...];
	Tue,  9 Aug 2016 [...]
X-Original-To: mitglieder@lists.fux-eg.org
Delivered-To: [...]
Received: from [...] ([...]
 [[...]])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by h07.hostsharing.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5227AC9436;
 Tue,  9 Aug 2016 [...]
Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.20])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by [...] (Postfix) with ESMTPS id [...];
 Tue,  9 Aug 2016 [...]
Received: from [192.168.1.4] ([[...]]) by mail.gmx.com [...]
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\))
In-Reply-To: [...]
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 [...]
Message-Id: [...]
References: [...]
To: [...]
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510)
X-Provags-ID: [...]
X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:[...]
Subject: [...]
X-BeenThere: mitglieder@lists.fux-eg.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20
Precedence: list
List-Id: Mitglieder der Fux Genossenschaft <mitglieder.lists.fux-eg.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.fux-eg.org/options/mitglieder>,
 <mailto:mitglieder-request@lists.fux-eg.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.fux-eg.org/private/mitglieder/>
List-Post: <mailto:mitglieder@lists.fux-eg.org>
List-Help: <mailto:mitglieder-request@lists.fux-eg.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.fux-eg.org/listinfo/mitglieder>,
 <mailto:mitglieder-request@lists.fux-eg.org?subject=subscribe>
From: [...]
Reply-To: [...]
Cc: fux Mitgliederliste <mitglieder@lists.fux-eg.org>
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============[...]=="
Errors-To: mitglieder-bounces@lists.fux-eg.org
Sender: "Mitglieder" <mitglieder-bounces@lists.fux-eg.org>

 

--===============[...]==
Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_[...]"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha512


--Apple-Mail=_[...]
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
	boundary="Apple-Mail=_[...]


--Apple-Mail=_[...]
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset=windows-1252

[...]
> _______________________________________________
> Mitglieder mailing list
> Mitglieder@lists.fux-eg.org
> http://lists.fux-eg.org/listinfo/mitglieder


--Apple-Mail=_[...]
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset=windows-1252

<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">
[...]</div>=


</div>

<br =
class=3D""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>=
Mitglieder mailing list<br><a =
href=3D"mailto:Mitglieder@lists.fux-eg.org">Mitglieder@lists.fux-eg.org</a=
><br>http://lists.fux-eg.org/listinfo/mitglieder<br></blockquote></div><br=
></div></body></html>=

--Apple-Mail=_[...]--

--Apple-Mail=_[...]
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: attachment;
	filename=signature.asc
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature;
	name=signature.asc
Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org

[...]
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--Apple-Mail=_[...]--

--===============[...]==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
Mitglieder mailing list
Mitglieder@lists.fux-eg.org
http://lists.fux-eg.org/listinfo/mitglieder

--===============[...]==--


Reproducible: Sometimes
Comment 1 kolAflash 2016-09-04 19:09:26 UTC
= Correction =

I still get the message after importing the key.

So:
1. KMail should provide more details about what's going wrong in general.
2. Fix this specific bug.

If you tell me where I can get some debug output (KMail doesn't seem to have an "-v" verbose option) I'll happily provide it!

Maybe related:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323168
Comment 2 tony den haan 2016-10-01 14:37:52 UTC
The message/warning only disappears when i set the certificate trust to "ultimately". The message is very unclear: it should at least mention trust level, and maybe link to kgpg. IMO "ultimate" trust ievel is a bit much to demand anyway.
Comment 3 Justin Zobel 2022-10-24 00:46:49 UTC
Thank you for reporting this bug in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-08 05:10:35 UTC
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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-23 05:17:04 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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