[Enigmail] Encrypting saved messages

[David]

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On 7/13/2009 10:58 AM, Olav Seyfarth wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
>> Thunderbird/Enigmail will save a draft email to any and all recipients
>> encrypted. Even if the recipient does *not* have a key. Enigmail *does*
>> ask for a key when the draft is loaded and a 'send' is selected.
> 
> Enigmail will ask you for a key if you set the default to encrypt all messages.
> But it cannot encrypt without the receipient's key.
> 
>> Which is as I expected. But what I had thought that I would see was that
>> drafts of emails to recipients that *do not have a key* would be saved
>> and *not* encrypted.
> 
> This is what you can influence with the pref extensions.enigmail.saveEncrypted



I have seen this 'extensions.enigmail.saveEncrypted' set to  0 (zero)
and to  1  (one)  and to  2  (two) none of which appears to not save
drafts to recipients with no key not encrypted. Any number set, with the
checkbox marked, will encrypt all saved drafts. Any number set, with the
checkbox unmarked, will not encrypt anything.



>> And that drafts of emails to recipients that *do have a key* would be saved
>> and encrypted. Not *all* drafts.
> 
> I see your point. But it's deeper that that. What should happpen with a message
> that has two receipients - one with a key and one without? Enigmail will only
> decide/ask upon sending (including Outbox), not for saving drafts. If encryption
> was set before saving, it will ask you whether to save encryptedly or not. But
> it will not do opportunistic encryption.
> 
>> I am in no way an expert with Enigmail. But I have been a user for
>> several years. I thought that I had this working the way I described
>> above at one time. But I must be mistaken.
> 
> I did not want to offend you. Please keep in mind that I am not a native
> speaker.


"not a native speaker"? Of course you are. Of your native language. Not
mine.  :-)

I was not offended in any way by anything you have said. I appreciate
your help.

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  David
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