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Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Kmail and Certs
From:       Ingo =?utf-8?q?Kl=C3=B6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-06-12 23:12:38
Message-ID: 200606130112.45311 () erwin ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Monday 12 June 2006 23:59, Paul Lemmons wrote:
> On Monday 12 June 2006 14:40, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Monday 12 June 2006 22:23, Paul Lemmons wrote:
> > > On Monday 12 June 2006 12:32, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > > On Monday 12 June 2006 21:12, Paul Lemmons wrote:
> > > > > I suspect that this question has been asked and answered
> > > > > numerous times before but Google has been stubborn in
> > > > > pointing me in a good direction.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a Thawte certificate. I want to use it to sign my mail
> > > > > in Kmail/Kontact. I have jumped through the hoops to make it
> > > > > a ".p12" which was usable by Evolution. Now that I have
> > > > > switched to Kmail I would like to continue using the
> > > > > certificate.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a simple step-by-step out there anywhere that could
> > > > > be pointed to or supplied, to guide me through the process?
> > > >
> > > > I never tried it but importing the certificate into Kleopatra
> > > > (look in KMail under Tools->Certificate Manager) should do the
> > > > trick. After importing the certificate you should be able to
> > > > specify your certificate as "S/MIME signing certificate" in the
> > > > identity configuration.
> > >
> > > Ok... I tried the "Tools->Certificate Manager" and I got:
> > >
> > >                 Error - Kleopatra
> > >     The crypto plugin could not be initialized.
> > >     Certificate Manager will terminate now.
> > >
> > > Where do I go from here?
> >
> > Good question. Probably some config files are missing? Maybe the
> > information under Development at www.gnupg.org/aegypten or at
> > www.gnupg.org/aegypten2 helps? Or the OpenPGP Howto
> > (http://kmail.kde.org/kmail-pgpmime-howto.html) which is at least
> > partially also relevant for S/MIME.
>
> It seems that everybody points to those documents. I have been
> through them pretty closely and have attempted to follow them. I am a
> fairly technical guy and can usually get these kinds of things to
> work. Right now, I am not having much success.
>
> So, for now anyway, I am going to work on the assumption that it
> impossible and move on to other interests. I watch this list and the
> news group for KDE. When I see Kmail working with S/Mime with a
> simplified setup I will delve into this again.

The people who developed the S/MIME support for KMail can be found at 
gpa-dev@gnupg.org. Since they are actually using the S/MIME support of 
KMail they should be able to give you the answers you are looking for.

Regards,
Ingo

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