enigmime service lost in enigmail

[Art Alexion]

Dominik Raffelsbauer wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm using Thunderbird 1.0.7 with ubuntu 5.04 and kde.
>Since today, when I want to see any mail signed/encrypted I get an error
>message:
>
><<
>OpenPGP-Alert
>Enigmail: Enigmime Service not available
>To permanently avoid alert, either fix the problem or uninstall Enigmail
>using the Enigmail-> Preferences menu
>  
>
>
>Enigmail is still available in the thunderbird menu, but it looks as
>there are missing some points in the Enigmail menu.
>
>Any ideas? Did I made any mistake?
>  
>
Looks like the message you get either:

   1. when you update t-bird without updating the Ubuntu enigmail
      package (don't remember the exact name of the package) or
   2. when you have the Ubuntu enigmail package installed and allow the
      t-bird extension manager to update the extension.

The Ubuntu method of managing mozilla extension via deb is incompatible
with the t-bird/firefox extension managers.  Using one when the other is
installed breaks the extension. When I filed a bug about this, the
response was to acknowlege the problem, and recommend not using the
extension manager.  Since then, it seems, the Ubuntu t-bird package has
the extension manager disabled to avoid the problem.  This is an
unfortunate solution as it prevents users from using non-Ubuntu packaged
extensions.

I solved the problem for myself, by not installing the Ubuntu packaged
extensions, and using the extension manager exclusively.



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