Somewhat OT as this may not be CentOS/EL-specific. I am seeking help in
trying to determine why the combination of my work e-mail server and
evolution is usually, but not always, giving the error
Error verifying signature
Cannot verify message signature: Incorrect message format
on signed messages (such as those from Ralph Angenendt and Johnny
Hughes), and refusing to display them; while the same messages are
readable with a webmail interface, in the list archives, or when they go
to my home address that is also subscribed to some of the same lists
(same version of evolution at home and work). This problem only started
last week and the origin is probably related to infrastructure upgrades
on the mail server, over which I have no control.
Google has not come through on this one . Many of the results seem to
lead to sources or change-logs containing the strings, not to similar
problem reports of fixes. Can't find anything relevant in
bugzilla.gnome.org, bugzilla.ximian.com, bugzilla.redhat.com, or
bugs.centos.org. Have searched without success in the evolution docs
and on-line for a way to turn off the checks in evolution so the message
will display.
Has anyone else seen this behavior?
Anyone have a fix or work-around?
Thanks,
Phil
On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 16:35 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote:> Somewhat OT as this may not be CentOS/EL-specific. I am seeking help in > trying to determine why the combination of my work e-mail server and > evolution is usually, but not always, giving the error > > Error verifying signature > Cannot verify message signature: Incorrect message format > > on signed messages (such as those from Ralph Angenendt and Johnny > Hughes), and refusing to display them; while the same messages are > readable with a webmail interface, in the list archives, or when they go > to my home address that is also subscribed to some of the same lists > (same version of evolution at home and work). This problem only started > last week and the origin is probably related to infrastructure upgrades > on the mail server, over which I have no control. > > Google has not come through on this one . Many of the results seem to > lead to sources or change-logs containing the strings, not to similar > problem reports of fixes. Can't find anything relevant in > bugzilla.gnome.org, bugzilla.ximian.com, bugzilla.redhat.com, or > bugs.centos.org. Have searched without success in the evolution docs > and on-line for a way to turn off the checks in evolution so the message > will display. > > Has anyone else seen this behavior? > > Anyone have a fix or work-around? > > Thanks, > PhilNot sure of the full fix ... but you need to import the public key to be able to validate the messages. You may have something set so that signed messages (even those in clear text) must be validated before they can be read. For me ... you can download my CentOS.org / CentOS list public key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6AC163B3 Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070314/6dda7563/attachment.sig>
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 08:31 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: ...> Not sure of the full fix ... but you need to import the public key to be > able to validate the messages. > > You may have something set so that signed messages (even those in clear > text) must be validated before they can be read.No setting that I can find to control this behavior, and this has not been a problem until very recently. The usual behavior until last week has been that Evolution would complain about an invalid key, but still display the message. Now the message content is effectively lost. To see your message to which I am replying I had to go to the list archives to read it and "paste quotation" to supply the context. See http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1789 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418608 for gory details. Phil