[Enigmail] Setting trust levels for unknown keys

[Andy Ruddock]

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Olav Seyfarth wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
>> The "I do NOT trust" option seems, to me, to be negative. If a scale
>> were to be drawn it seems to me that the "I don't know" option" would be
>> at the origin, with "I do NOT trust" at -1 and the other options at +1
>> and above.
> 
> I do NOT trust seemst to be intended to mark forged keys.
> 
> GnuPG 1.4.9 -> \g10\pkclist.c -> check_signatures_trust() :
> 
>     case TRUST_NEVER:
>       /* currently we won't get that status */
>       write_status( STATUS_TRUST_NEVER );
>       log_info(_("WARNING: We do NOT trust this key!\n"));
>       log_info(_("         The signature is probably a FORGERY.\n"));
>       if (opt.with_fingerprint)
>         print_fingerprint (pk, NULL, 1);
>       rc = G10ERR_BAD_SIGN;
>       break;
> 
> Olav

Thanks, that clears it up for me.

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