Mailvelope help needed

truemagic · 8 Sep 2023, 06:17 PM

I'm sure a number of you are using Mailvelope and I just recently started to use it mainly to decrypt messages forwarded to my main mailbox via AnonAddy/SimpleLogin (PGP).

When I use the private key to decrypt the messages on my mobile (say FairEmail client) then it's fine I can read the message including remote images.

On the other hand if I decrypt it with the Mailvelope extension (chrome) on RoundCube the content is decrypted properly however with broken remote images. This is rather weird considering I can right click on the broken image "Open image in a new tab" and the image can be displayed on another tab without any problem.

Also I can view the emails with remote images without encryption in RoundCube just in case you're wondering and the "Allow remote resources (images, styles)" is set to "always" in the RoundCube settings.

Anybody using Mailvelope extension can decrypt their emails with remote images using RoundCube, or is this a known bug?

JeremyNicoll · 9 Sep 2023, 07:05 AM

There should be an "About" icon somewhere in your Roundcube (where will depend on which theme you're using) which will tell you the version of Roundcube in use and the versions of each extension.

If any RC user is able to do what you're doing, you'll need to know if they have the same versions.

Also, ISTR that there's Mailvelope settings in RC's Settings - Preferences - Encryption. I don't see them because the RC I use doesn't have the extension loaded by the mail-provider.

You might also be better asking on the Roundcube (developers/users) forum or looking at their issue tracker:

https://www.roundcubeforum.net/index.php

- lots of uninformed-user requests here, though

Issues:

https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues

truemagic · 11 Sep 2023, 01:08 PM

@JeremyNicoll thanks for your reply.

After some more research I found out that's the "intended" behavior (at least from what I think). Because the community version of Mailvelope offers only PGP and the business version offers PGP/MIME (source). Also from Google (source):

PGP
It is designed for processing the plain texts

PGP/MIME
While it is designed to process email as well as many multimedia files.

Guess I'm out of luck and should stick to reading text based PGP decrypted emails (on web browser) for now.

AydenMurphy · 13 Sep 2023, 04:05 PM

Thanks for the info, I will keep it in my mind.

**ReuvenNY** · 14 Sep 2023, 01:02 AM

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8 Sep 2023, 06:17 PM	#1
truemagic Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 128	Mailvelope help needed I'm sure a number of you are using Mailvelope and I just recently started to use it mainly to decrypt messages forwarded to my main mailbox via AnonAddy/SimpleLogin (PGP). When I use the private key to decrypt the messages on my mobile (say FairEmail client) then it's fine I can read the message including remote images. On the other hand if I decrypt it with the Mailvelope extension (chrome) on RoundCube the content is decrypted properly however with broken remote images. This is rather weird considering I can right click on the broken image "Open image in a new tab" and the image can be displayed on another tab without any problem. Also I can view the emails with remote images without encryption in RoundCube just in case you're wondering and the "Allow remote resources (images, styles)" is set to "always" in the RoundCube settings. Anybody using Mailvelope extension can decrypt their emails with remote images using RoundCube, or is this a known bug?

14 Sep 2023, 01:02 AM	#5
ReuvenNY Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York Posts: 4,259	Moderator's comment This forum is vigilant when it comes to spamming. AydenMurphy and everyone else with malevolent spamming ideas - keep that in mind.

9 Sep 2023, 07:05 AM	#2
JeremyNicoll Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Scotland Posts: 489	There should be an "About" icon somewhere in your Roundcube (where will depend on which theme you're using) which will tell you the version of Roundcube in use and the versions of each extension. If any RC user is able to do what you're doing, you'll need to know if they have the same versions. Also, ISTR that there's Mailvelope settings in RC's Settings - Preferences - Encryption. I don't see them because the RC I use doesn't have the extension loaded by the mail-provider. You might also be better asking on the Roundcube (developers/users) forum or looking at their issue tracker: https://www.roundcubeforum.net/index.php - lots of uninformed-user requests here, though Issues: https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/issues

11 Sep 2023, 01:08 PM	#3
truemagic Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 128	@JeremyNicoll thanks for your reply. After some more research I found out that's the "intended" behavior (at least from what I think). Because the community version of Mailvelope offers only PGP and the business version offers PGP/MIME (source). Also from Google (source): PGP It is designed for processing the plain texts PGP/MIME While it is designed to process email as well as many multimedia files. Guess I'm out of luck and should stick to reading text based PGP decrypted emails (on web browser) for now.

13 Sep 2023, 04:05 PM	#4
AydenMurphy Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2023 Posts: 1	Thanks for the info, I will keep it in my mind.