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down loaded enigmail, openPGP does not show on tool bar only S/MIME

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downloaded enigmail in tool bar only S/Mime shows, open PGP missing

downloaded enigmail in tool bar only S/Mime shows, open PGP missing

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I do not use this addon, but I have loacted some info which may be helpful. I read some of the reviews and noticed these comments which may be of assistance.

As recommended in some forums, it is best to install GPG BEFORE Enigmail. I tried it on Win 7 and Win 10 pro, TB 48.4.0 with GPG4Win: very easy installation, en- and decrypting and/or singing of Emails work smooth and easily. Thank you very much!

Downloaded, added, found that it hung on attempts to download GnuPG. Then, after manually downloading GPG4Win (GnuPG is the Linux variant), the wizard would not start. I ended-up having to generate a key with GPG4Win, but the Setup Wizard (and other settings) can be found under Enigmail in the drop-down menu with 3 horizontal bars to the top right of the main Thunderbird window and, from that, keys can be imported and other changes implemented.

Useful Enigmail support site etc links:

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Toad-Hall
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I do not use this addon, but I have loacted some info which may be helpful. I read some of the reviews and noticed these comments which may be of assistance.

As recommended in some forums, it is best to install GPG BEFORE Enigmail. I tried it on Win 7 and Win 10 pro, TB 48.4.0 with GPG4Win: very easy installation, en- and decrypting and/or singing of Emails work smooth and easily. Thank you very much!

Downloaded, added, found that it hung on attempts to download GnuPG. Then, after manually downloading GPG4Win (GnuPG is the Linux variant), the wizard would not start. I ended-up having to generate a key with GPG4Win, but the Setup Wizard (and other settings) can be found under Enigmail in the drop-down menu with 3 horizontal bars to the top right of the main Thunderbird window and, from that, keys can be imported and other changes implemented.

Useful Enigmail support site etc links:

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