[rescue] S/MIME and mutt

Phil Stracchino phils at caerllewys.net
Sun Jul 20 22:23:20 UTC 2025


On 7/20/25 18:07, Grant Taylor via rescue wrote:
> On 7/20/25 3:30 PM, Phil Stracchino via rescue wrote:
>> I haven't been able to verify a WORKING chain
> 
> What happens if you save the email to a file (named test.eml below) and
> try the following command:
> 
>      openssl smime -verify -in test.eml -noverify -signer test.pem -out
> test.txt

I get a verification failure from openssl that still doesn't tell me *why*.

babylon5:alaric:~:2 $ openssl smime -verify -in test.eml -noverify 
-signer test.pem -out test.txt
Verification failure
80AB77B6F37F0000:error:10800065:PKCS7 
routines:PKCS7_signatureVerify:digest 
failure:../openssl-3.4.1/crypto/pkcs7/pk7_doit.c:1085:
80AB77B6F37F0000:error:10800069:PKCS7 routines:PKCS7_verify:signature 
failure:../openssl-3.4.1/crypto/pkcs7/pk7_smime.c:349:



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