Patrick Brunschwig wrote on 09/10/2018 09:26 AM:

> Thunderbird has a local database where it stores certain headers of the
> messages for quicker access. Enigmail is modifying that local message
> database (that's actually the only option to display the decrypted
> subject).

Got it, good explanation.  Once again you've managed to work well within
the interstices of a complex infrastructure.

I'm not too worried about "shoulder surfers" seeing my subject lines
when I first bring up Thunderbird and before I enter my key passphrase.  :)

> That is, the decrypted subject is stored unencrypted on your local disk.
> The message is not modified - neither locally, nor remote.

Right.


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Patrick Chkoreff




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