Hi Daniel, Thanks for that info. Because the bit about signing followed immediately after the key ID, I hadn't realised that it referred to message signature time/date. In that case, it would be clearer if the message header displayed in Thunderbird said :
"Part of the message signed; click on 'Details' button for more information Key ID: 0xXZXZXZXZ / Message signed on: 15/12/2013 18:29" Philip ------------------------------------------------- On 15/12/2013 18:52, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Hi Philip-- > > thanks for your thoughtful review of these scenarios. i only have time > to respond to one of them now, but i think they all warrant further > review and probably some functionality changes. > > On 12/15/2013 12:43 PM, Philip Jackson wrote: > [a bunch of good diagnostics snipped] > >> Fourth case : sender's key imported, Thunderbird restarted, trust level set >> to >> 'unknown' and sender's key signed by me. Thunderbird displays a green band >> with >> the message 'Part of the message signed; click on 'Details' button for more >> information + key ID and date signed.' >> >> The date signed is given as today's date and the time as when the email was >> first opened, I think - but I actually signed this key last October >> (according >> to Kleopatra). > > In this case, enigmail is reporting the date that e-mail was signed, not > that the sender's OpenPGP certificate (a.k.a. "public key") was > certified. Since OpenPGP certificates are multi-issuer, there can be > many certifications on any given cert, and they can all have different > times. It only makes sense in this context for thunderbird to report > the message signature time, i think. > > Is there a way you could re-phrase the enigmail header that would > clarify that the time/date reported is the message signature timestamp > instead of the certificate's certification timestamp? > > --dkg > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > enigmail-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net > > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. >
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