On 04/09/14 17:47, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> On 04.09.14 17:31, Philip Jackson wrote:
>> I'm reflecting on how to describe an RFE about OpenPGP headers.
> 
>> I have tested one case where gnupg is not going to collect a key
>> (gpg.conf keyserver setting removed) AND enigmail's keyserver
>> preference is set for automatic download, the key for decrypting an
>> email is NOT on my keyring AND the public key is NOT on a
>> keyserver.
> 
>> When I try to open the mail, there is a delay of several seconds
>> before the decrypted text is displayed.  During that time, I
>> imagine, enigmail was attempting to download the key with no
>> success.
> 
> 
> Enigmail does not attempt to automatically download keys. If you
> enable the option in Thunderbird, Enigmail passes the corresponding
> parameters to GnuPG. I.e. GnuPG will try to download the key - exactly
> as if you configured this in gpg.conf.
> 
>> But no specific error message was displayed at this point.
> 
(....)
>> But I think that error message should have appeared earlier when
>> the automatic key search was completed.
> 
> I think my comment above explains why Enigmail does not display or
> care in any way.
> 
Sorry - my mistake.  I thought enigmail was more 'caring' than that.

Philip

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