-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 05.10.14 10:54, Bob Henson wrote: > > > On 04/10/2014 7:46 PM, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: >> The behaviour regarding unwanted encryption of newsgroup postings >> was reported by Matthew Woehlke on this list on October 1st, but >> I cannot reproduce it. > > I have recently discovered the reason for it, and have been trying > it for a few days to make sure the behaviour did not recur before > adding a comment to my original message - as no-one had replied I > wasn't hurrying. I believe it was due to having ticked "Use > PGP/Mime by Default" in the Thunderbird account settings, since I > never use in-line PGP. I did not have any other defaults set so, > logically, I assumed the PGP/Mime setting would only be invoked > when I manually selected signing or encrypting later on. These were > the settings I thought I had used with the old versions of Enigmail > and they did not have the problem, so when I set it up again, I did > the same. > > I unticked all the "Use PGP/Mime by Default" radio buttons in all > my accounts, and the odd behaviour went away, and has not returned. > Now, of course, when I do want to sign or encrypt I have to select > PGP/Mime manually as well, as the setting has reverted to using > in-line as the default.
I think there were a few bug fixes since 1.7.2. Would you please test your original settings with a nightly build (https://www.enigmail.net/download/nightly.php) and give your feedback? Please disregard the big red warning on this page, there have been bugfixes only since 1.7.2 and no new features. > I must say that the new Enigmail is much more unnecessarily > complicated to set up and to use than the old one - and I cannot > see the reason for the changes. I'm sure there is one, but the new, > cumbersome selection options in the "Write" window headers are a > step in the wrong direction. What would you suggest? Ludwig -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJUMSQKAAoJEA52XAUJWdLjI+AH/RlU1tgK6he++RIwOuX/bA7a blGRmkuOlQQxODGKlyDm+H/+qh5bcsrEXf52yAxo90OACPgxb3l3kgXfkO0DPebf Za6+8Mud/L+uisLnrUiQpXS9zYIaL5AsQtMQcAgq87RVmSFHO/tGPbmWpLjvsYS0 /gZErwQvTQktkBDdwjZbmhJwdptCCB0NqFsqwwcxp83Vxpp1VGyki2x9cVxbl6OJ P3ptfLagcLvz2KQH+bRT9pxh7L2qhvn7awknNvECoFLCf32kIIknknKXTun4YAUf iQnMUOMZ4NghREdSxUuYO0NoOJ8kDOyovvToG5FnK/WODL7KWviHTJscmAv9yCo= =zFS4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
