• Problems signing PGP mail with emacs

    From Jonathan Lamothe@jonathan@jlamothe.net to gnu.emacs.help on Mon Apr 20 22:36:31 2026
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    So, it seeks I'm having trouble signing pgpmime mail in emacs.

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: SHA512

    I definitely have EasyPGP configured correctly, as evidenced by my
    ability to sign this in-line section.
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

    iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEnPLOA+vwjoyLZsNmAZhGPjzz/9EFAmnm3tsACgkQAZhGPjzz /9GCwBAA4FrwlkqiiYkFIoCfbRiJqroDqsUJHGcqY5WCIL82Xc6YqyM0e4hhOMHN utNetXII7sRL35JhwKeTZ5XdgnFl2DJw3RqulRpqWnzoH1CfKdoMzZ8nXENdtNxx OPR6EWWO5s4m0qQVU0z/FpD5ilsKN680fFow6hDbkmAAyf/vNgqVK14CabXu5YlT /rHFYvtEqTDQzuSieDT3dYnolBcQR1xOqeVfrI5AwCJJ5uCb/phNqrZj2xwgaj5g QQrBla/z45bhrX2+VupVhHN19W6pqT4kF/V9rWNi92mf0/JkZcSyc38szc1xTqkg aBb15FXVfe/zST9/EGCVuuoY+7/3e7g6uBDhO9D+cib+rh0EGXSxoReuUJavBgkY GCX66MFXrMN8VvzaehcKgaZSILzq3u4scfypmBEl5FKKbR6NyOH8bli/JqvanL6r tlqYhYIqfqlwMgV9RjqopjbDqo7OV16wF+sdgVxlQgeC8PLjVTn+jMSePwDx5pm9 7CjKJqMaorr+vc8sAfIZDOHz9Tg2lSdmDll9kbWhXPxhoKu8z0dMKNdtmnR/wSGs ThhYpKaI1E9D81JMv686zkGKOaPNzfzF8R5GG0C4IxsGUmTocUKmHgIugcaXv+pY LEoKTX5safB6pwHjkMdK7WwloUgS1+alOuMSvExEbGipejKIVcU=
    =iniD
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

    ...but when I do a `C-c C-M S p' to sign the message and send with `C-c
    C-c', I get:

    message-encode-message-body: Wrong type argument: consp, nil

    The weird thing is that I'm sure I had this working about a week ago. I
    don't know what changed.
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    Regards,
    Jonathan Lamothe
    https://jlamothe.net
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  • From Jonathan Lamothe@jonathan@jlamothe.net to gnu.emacs.help on Mon Apr 20 23:21:26 2026
    From Newsgroup: gnu.emacs.help

    --=-=-=
    Content-Type: text/plain
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

    Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> writes:

    So, it seeks I'm having trouble signing pgpmime mail in emacs.

    I definitely have EasyPGP configured correctly, as evidenced by my
    ability to sign this in-line section.

    ...but when I do a `C-c C-M S p' to sign the message and send with `C-c
    C-c', I get:

    message-encode-message-body: Wrong type argument: consp, nil

    The weird thing is that I'm sure I had this working about a week ago. I don't know what changed.

    So, it seems my issue was the explicit Content-Type: header I'd added to
    my messages. I guess it didn't like that.

    =2D-=20
    Regards,
    Jonathan Lamothe
    https://jlamothe.net

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    Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

    iQJKBAEBCgA0FiEEnPLOA+vwjoyLZsNmAZhGPjzz/9EFAmnm7TYWHGpvbmF0aGFu QGpsYW1vdGhlLm5ldAAKCRABmEY+PPP/0fYLD/9G9KbWBwLmce+hcGL004G1RHxt Ezti7qzDbAzk0NZ4jc+XHB3iRij5fc4Oq9fYEdNnNX4m5/RheteX+n/v/f+T7ttZ 0XWLHe94mVIhT9kI8INWMXK4YwFRJ1rjGQr8mdUOxfJvCzedpmxpEArNQ4sGIawq H4o3K82dHfSqvsn1gnbvlqDVa2s9jMqGG/Kv+xxkAO9z9KL6TW3CniFIEPJP4rAy ZX9qm1NhWjJMAOjAoSnX/1YwKNYR98s3l4xc05fek4+ojSdSkro9hU0MFLHlX+cm McwUZtvlkGw+B7/+tboFwb9+xDxmwVtTpsUqaKQL7iP9U65dCN4rJ0YRfrSjoZnx dKTZ1+kGbHSHEoboAIEFjAw5SrtKKNi4CoeWAvPN5P+7GScbAN/dy+QVvchz33p8 Bizv/YSqWn5kzwfcF1rMgR/K9HX8svFGF5uHQkaNwI4oS5uFJs4muwkBJE50O6GR 8v2Mw3FsEX3KnGqKRELRzHdA1IGifXboTFjeESzNQ6gb8Fwl7ytMJN0xoCjEsO1l HnVgpMysKljD5LmkAIZqzyM1lNUDW/6DJIMU/eENDiXPvPE6GfhguQSSnHwEDtZ3 whhYKtWNTd9Xz1QVg1uqkHD6cXQedfbuuQJ5SzOWl7puSlGOHSqRRDKCamj+uMJE 1cQeDAidnKCCGKAYyw==
    =sjA5
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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  • From Manuel Giraud@manuel@ledu-giraud.fr to gnu.emacs.help on Sun Apr 26 12:32:17 2026
    From Newsgroup: gnu.emacs.help

    Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> writes:

    Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> writes:

    So, it seeks I'm having trouble signing pgpmime mail in emacs.

    I definitely have EasyPGP configured correctly, as evidenced by my
    ability to sign this in-line section.

    ...but when I do a `C-c C-M S p' to sign the message and send with `C-c
    C-c', I get:

    message-encode-message-body: Wrong type argument: consp, nil

    The weird thing is that I'm sure I had this working about a week ago. I
    don't know what changed.

    So, it seems my issue was the explicit Content-Type: header I'd added to
    my messages. I guess it didn't like that.

    Hi,

    What version of Emacs are you using? I ask because it seems that this
    issue could have been fixed with the commit 7828001aef13 (back in 2019).
    --
    Manuel Giraud
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