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markymark1
August 17th, 2009, 09:16 AM
Hi,

My problem is as follows.

I have recently converted my laptop from Windows to Ubuntu (and this has saved my laptop from becoming landfill). On my laptop, I use Thunderbird for email and Enigmail for email encryption. This works fine (though Enigmail does not seem to cope with html - which is frustrating with regard to things like signature blocks).

In order to improve security on my laptop, I have recently moved my Thunderbird profile into a TrueCrypt container in order to keep my inbox secure in the event of laptop theft. Having copied my main profile folder (called 'm743qiwa.default) into the TrueCrypt container, I now wish to delete the original folder in order to prevent access to this unencrypted material.

This is where my difficulty lies. If I delete the original m743 folder, Thunderbird continues to operate as normal in conjunction with my copied profile in the encrypted container. However, at the same time, I lose the ability to encrypt or decrypt emails. By moving the m743 folder back to its original location, I regain the encryption/decryption function.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can remove my original Thunderbird profile from the open part of my system without losing the functionality of being able to encrypt/decrypt emails?

Many thanks if you are able to help.

markymark1
September 18th, 2009, 01:08 PM
A little embarrassing to be answering my own question, but here we go.

I'm not sure why moving my Thunderbird profile would have triggered the problem, but all I needed to do was to reinstall the Enigmail add-on in Thunderbird. This then made the PGP options available to me again in account settings.

Mark

falconindy
September 19th, 2009, 12:59 PM
Extensions reside in your profile directory. Moving the profile and recreating a new one is equivalent to removing the extension.

markymark1
September 19th, 2009, 02:36 PM
That would explain it. Thanks.