Well, to me it would also make sense to encrypt to the newest key by default (by creation date), which would eliminate the need to create a per recipient rule in most cases... Having per recipient rules also brings the necessity to manage and maintain those rules.
Onno On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:54 PM, John A. Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:enigmail-users- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick Brunschwig > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 2:00 AM > > To: Enigmail user discussion list > > Subject: Re: [Enigmail] How do I choose amongst multiple keys for a > > recipient? > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 05.02.14 07:57, Doug Barton wrote: > > > On 02/04/2014 10:42 PM, Charly Avital wrote: > > >> Doug Barton wrote on 2/5/14, 6:00 AM: > > >>> I have a correspondent whose "key1" has been on my key ring for > > >>> years. They recently sent me "key2" which they would prefer that I > > >>> use going forward. For various reasons I don't want to remove > > "key1" > > >>> from my key ring. How do I choose key2 when encrypting a message to > > >>> that person without creating a PRR? I looked through the interface > > >>> and did not find such an option, but I would be glad to be told > > that > > >>> I missed it. > > >>> > > >>> If there is no way to do this other than with a PRR, please > > consider > > >>> this a feature request to add one. > > >>> > > >>> Doug > > >> > > >> You don't need to create a new Per Recipient Rule, you just have to > > >> edit the existing PRR > > > > > > Sorry I wasn't clear, didn't have a PRR before because enigmail > > > automatically picks the matching key. I don't want to have a PRR at > > > all if I can help it. > > > > Why not, what is your issue with PRRs? When creating the PRR, my the > > first use-case I had in mind was this one. > > > > As Patrick said, learning to set up the rule is the smart, and proper, > option to use for this case. Even so, you could go the hard route and put > the first key off this keyring onto another, spare one. Then it would be > there for you if you should want to use it again for some reason, and you > could manually add it back (i.e., the hard way) by importing it. > > You might try changing its trust value? But I can't say I have tested that > result yet. > > > > _______________________________________________ > enigmail-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net >
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