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As of the Thunderbird 78.0 release, the OpenPGP functionality is experimental, and disabled by default. | As of the Thunderbird 78.0 release, the OpenPGP functionality is experimental, and disabled by default. | ||
'''[https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/tb-planning/2020-May/007627.html It is hoped to be | '''[https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/tb-planning/2020-May/007627.html It is hoped to be stable in 78.2] - until then Enigmail users should not attempt to update to 78 until an automatic update occurs.''' | ||
See also our [https://blog.thunderbird.net/2019/10/thunderbird-enigmail-and-openpgp/ initial announcement] and the [[Thunderbird:OpenPGP:2020 | detailed description from October 2019]]. | See also our [https://blog.thunderbird.net/2019/10/thunderbird-enigmail-and-openpgp/ initial announcement] and the [[Thunderbird:OpenPGP:2020 | detailed description from October 2019]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 13 July 2020
Thunderbird and OpenPGP
This page lists resources, discussion venues, and plans related to OpenPGP messaging with Thunderbird.
Background
Previously, until Thunderbird version 68.x, the Enigmail Add-On provided OpenPGP encrypted messaging, which required the use of external GnuPG software.
Soon, Thunderbird will include OpenPGP functionality, and will no longer require the installation of external software.
This improvement is necessary, because Enigmail cannot be used with Thunderbird 78, except for key migration purposes.
Development Status
As of the Thunderbird 78.0 release, the OpenPGP functionality is experimental, and disabled by default.
It is hoped to be stable in 78.2 - until then Enigmail users should not attempt to update to 78 until an automatic update occurs.
See also our initial announcement and the detailed description from October 2019.
See the tb-planning list archive for answers to some commonly asked questions.
Testing
If you use OpenPGP for non-critical purposes, then you are welcome to enable it manually and help with testing.
To enable it in Thunderbird 78.0, use the config editor and change the value of preference mail.openpgp.enable to true, then restart Thunderbird.
If you are running 78.x and have the previous Enigmail Add-on installed, then Enigmail will update to version 2.2.x, which is a minimal release that helps you to migrate the keys and settings to Thunderbird 78.
If you haven't used Enigmail previously, you can enable OpenPGP for an email account in account settings.
If you want to help with testing see the discussion area below.
Discussion
To help with testing, or for help in using Thunderbird's OpenPGP, please post in e2ee topicbox. Or chat at Matrix: #openpgp:mozilla.org
Please report bugs at Bugzilla, product MailNews Core, component Security: OpenPGP. (You need to register an account to access that link.)
To discuss policy aspects of Thunderbird's OpenPGP, please post to the public tb-planning mailing list.
Open issues and TODO list
The best way to see our progress and open issues is run a bugzilla query.
In addition, we have a high level overview of items that have already been worked on, and which are still ToDo (might be outdated).