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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