On 12/09/2008 01:36:06 PM, Pawel Salek wrote: > On 12/08/2008 08:36:08 PM, Albrecht Dreß wrote: > > Am 08.12.08 19:52 schrieb(en) Geoffrey Leach: > >> Popup begins, "Checking the signature ....". The mail item itself > >> has a little red padlock (cute!) and a note at the bottom that > >> begins, "PGP signature: The signature could not be verified due to > a > >> missing key." > > > > Well, the last message says it all... the gpg engine ejects with a > > > fatal error. Methods to solve this effect: > > > > - Add the statement "keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve" to your > > ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf file. Gpg will then automagically try to > retrieve > > > the key. Basically, there is no good reason why you shouldn't add > > these keys to you local key ring; if you don't sign them, you don't > > > trust them, and consequently balsa will show you a yellow padlock. > > > However, it still can check the integrity of the message itself > (this > > is how the "web of trust" is supposed to work). > > > > - Right-click on the mailbox folder, select Properties, and say > > "never" for "Decrypt and check signatures automatically". As to > > check a signature or to decrypt an encrypted message, you now have > to > > use the button in the headers box manually. The message will pop > > only if you issue the check. > > Is there any way we can help the user with it? Can we provide the > information as above somehow? It feels that auto-key-retrieve should > be > default, can balsa make it easier for the user to set it as default. > Say, when balsa starts up, it could check for the presence of this > option, and if absent, display a dialog (that can be disabled with a > simple "don't show it again").
Hmmmm ... How's about "Don't ask, don't retrieve" as the default. Or a (global) selection in Preferences/Status Messages? _______________________________________________ balsa-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/balsa-list
