[Bug 148896] New: Unintuitive error message when sending encrypted email to untrusted key
Simon Perreault
nomis80 at nomis80.org
Thu Aug 16 18:15:22 BST 2007
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148896
Summary: Unintuitive error message when sending encrypted email
to untrusted key
Product: kmail
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
ReportedBy: nomis80 nomis80 org
Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from: Fedora RPMs
I know about #44699. Basically, it says KMail won't let you send encrypted mail to people you don't trust.
The problem is that there is no intuitive error message to let you know about this problem when you encounter it. When I try to send an encrypted mail to someone I don't trust, I get an error message saying
"There are conflicting encryption preferences for these recipients. Encrypt this message?"
Now I'm wondering which conflicts this is about. Anyway, I click "Encrypt".
I then arrive at the "Encryption Key Selection" dialog saying that no trusted key was found for this recipient. That's right, I didn't set the trust level for this key. After all, I received it by email, so it might have been hacked. But I want to use it anyway, so I select it in the dialog. But when I click the key, a red X appears next to it and I can't click the OK button.
The user should know about the fact that the key must be trusted.
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