-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi,
On 01.01.15 17:23, Kristy Chambers wrote: > Hello, > > I know have some details about the bug, but I don't know, if it could be > fixed with these information. (...) >> Explain the bug and give us all details we have to know >> to fix this bug. > > I'm afraid, that there is not enough information to fix this bug. > First I thought, it was just the canceling of the password entry to sign > the email. I asked the journalist, what happened in this situation and > he said, a window popped up. It was probably the window, if Enigmail is > something like in a endless loop or something, where you have to choose > to stop the script or to continue. I assume, we stopped the script. Yes > it is dumb to think Enigmail is working correctly, if you "stopped the > script". What would be the solution? Clicking continue? I don't, if we > were still in an endless loop or something like that. The problem is, > that this window popped up. There are sometimes situation, where this > window is popping up, and you don't know why. > There is a secure programming practice, which says, that you have to > fail-safe. So it shouldn't be actually possible to write an email, if > Enigmail aborted unexpectedly. > > Version details: > - Enigmail Version 1.7.2 > - Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1 > - Thunderbird 31.3.0 Well, your description sounds very much like https://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/268/ If it was this one, clicking on "Continue" would have resulted in correct behaviour. And if it was, there's nothing we as Enigmail could do concerning this behaviour. Better documented or clearer code would not help. It simply boils down to the way enigmail can work within Thunderbird and calling the underlying GnuPG which sometimes takes a while, which can be several ten seconds, depending on the operations it performs. The only thing we actually can do is document this behaviour in our handbook and the FAQ (note to self). So your report actually will lead to some improvement. My general advice on this: Do not start using encryption at the very moment where you depend on it. Start as soon as possible and train yourself, get experience. There will be errors and failures in the beginning, such as the bad experience you had when teaching a newbie. Ludwig -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJUpYlwAAoJEA52XAUJWdLj3NsIAKZvtNQIcWsx7DwhF7Mw6TPT 46qUToyIca/QsRD6cgC0ZJd5LjiuBsgDx4VtNQ3rU0qvDYWasGQGkblp+qk6bM0R bdp8JxxCbJvyR8qkhl4oY9dGn4T1PmgOF01Tbym0KGAB8YKJkmciZluM6pOvGwIO jyPHTvCll8yEQ98R41fcZXAvVuewpv9B83gmwaFz2kZan4bKgadAWz58L3UGA5E/ +DSeFwZeP3rHBR2z4kGx9bIZ9wKzfl6+TqwqzPknAqStpzAFfShISpH8ZkMSB/eg efCIx3BcrAWHYRC0/ztZH+/Elzhd4WTkYZ5D44lMFWXnyYK4SLNFd/9Nxvy972g= =h3tF -----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
