-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 12.03.15 20:38, Philip Jackson wrote: > Using Thunderbird 31.5.0 with Enigmail version 1.8a1pre > (20150312-0013) on linux. > > Recently, I've been paying a lot of attention to the new interface > in enigmail especially the enigmail toolbar when writing emails. > From time to time, I've had the impression that a message which > started out as 'This message will be signed' with only the 'sign > message' check box checked in the Enigmail Encryption and Signing > Settings box, has changed itself without my intervention to 'This > message will be encrypted' with the 'Encrypt Message' box ticked > instead of the 'sign message' box. > > I've spent a little time this evening trying to track it down. > (and incidentally, it has just happened in this message). I do not > understand exactly why it's happening but I've found a couple of > parameters involved. > > For this spontaneous change to occur, one needs these factors to > exist : > > 1. the 'To' field is in red type (with a red cursor) 2. the 'To' > field must be completed and not left blank 3. the spontaneous > change in message status occurs around five or six minutes into the > creation of the email - the body can be blank or partly filled.
Could it be triggered by auto-saving a draft message? > What I don't understand is why sometimes I get a red cursor/ text > in the 'To' field and sometimes black. I can provoke a red address > field entry by making any address incomplete but my address for > enigmail-users seems correct and complete. That's Thunderbird behavior - nothing Enigmail influences and nothing Enigmail could do to improve it. > Anyway - that is what I've found. If anyone can shed any light on > this 'happening', I would be pleased. > > But I do consider that a spontaneous change to established message > conditions should not occur. Agreed - -Patrick -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVApG4AAoJENsRh7ndX2k7Qw4QALVX9X3RsXlhl6wtNM01iWRZ Uk1GI6J4bfqNzQJhCftuMzhWXwVaTN5o6lKnqE8iYwbpwCSFLFzMRJbWrdRpr17h YdimDlzUSci+s7ybtY5DY86Y4yr+2amY0wMCJ27NK5AHsVZF9g7yLo6WpB+JZBGc T1h+fGZIuv7jchhYD5j3d+a4BGD+O5w/P1sIRZqdXfE4koBCfyoPDlOyZt7u/rx1 cTd1g0cS+On5Gh7eQbXhXLVnT54fdclcTTYrEUdTBw8T3ma8TUHCmk1MGnZJFklI n0fxB315WwhHjvI1Mg1rxk/DM5ZMAYx8Bvodn9PULF/LsX/aLf7v5wjK+Ahu2uwP CRJEThay/wctLuqf9TKivOFPlM8dG42OZa0ZVp99KsyWhH7vA38XnVeIa6ZuHCAr QuYRWuG1ST8IHFRHjUtZ4j03Tz3JvRnr+U+StNpju1bMSArxU+U6YyhgwB86C3Qh J5r0GnurBxBaqq0+mUM8stB/G5paniUadr/5hN4BYmCSNQQ+o4dst0/kIdnTOfpd rowoRfsYdubBUg52oMigI4DD0wvZRl7QH9R6GoQ+46IWs+dpayauI0csSTlT+1bF KkyfsRb2RMMxq4V7OhHcJuRy9y8BgtYZS/8Umk0Wqwdlvm5XGPhwp08c3TKX3yDC Lgs/AflJfyHiLDdv0blV =2hbv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list enigmail-users@enigmail.net To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net