Sometimes it can happen that digitally signed emails sent by Thunderbird show an invalid signature at the recipients. One reason may be the way Thunderbird formats emails. By changing a setting ("mail.strictly_mime" = "true") of the message, the sender can fix the problem.
 

  1. Open "Thunderbird settings".

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    Screenshot Thunderbird: Gear symbol of the settings
  2. Search for "Edit configuration...".

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    Screenshot Thunderbird: Search in settings
  3. Search for mail.strictly_mime and click the arrow icon at the end of the entry.
    Attention, make the change only to the entry which is exactly named mail.strictly_mime.

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    Screenshot Thunderbird: Search for mail.strictly_mime 
  4. The mail.strictly_mime entry should be set to "true".

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    Screenshot Thunderbird: Change mail.strictly_mime to true