Thunderbird / Enigmail not asking for a password

[Kenneth Loafman]

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:07:14 +0000, Kenneth Loafman wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Somewhere in the last set of the daily dozen updates on Hardy,
> Thunderbird and/or Enigmail have stopped asking for my passphrase and
> refuse to sign or encrypt email.  This has slowed down my communications
> greatly.  If I try to send email that needs to be signed, Thunderbird
> just sits there for a long time and then asks if my network setting are
> correct (not the right error message at all).  I have to tell it to turn
> off the rules and send it unsigned.  Ditto with encryption.  At no time
> does it ask for the passphrase like it should, and like it did.
> 
> I have reported a bug, but I'm wondering if anyone has a workaround that
> they would share.

Anyone have an idea where to begin looking?

What's the name of the passphrase cache that Enigmail uses?

...Ken