-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 13.03.15 20:06, Philip Jackson wrote: > On 13/03/15 17:16, Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >> On 13.03.15 15:45, Philip Jackson wrote: >>>>> For this spontaneous change to occur, one needs these >>>>> factors to exist : >>>> >>>>> 1. the 'To' field is in red type (with a red cursor) 2. >>>>> the 'To' field must be completed and not left blank 3. the >>>>> spontaneous change in message status occurs around five or >>>>> six minutes into the creation of the email - the body can >>>>> be blank or partly filled. >>>> >>>> Could it be triggered by auto-saving a draft message? >> >>> Thanks Patrick - you're spot on ! After all the years of using >>> it, I didn't even know Thunderbird did periodic backups. I've >>> never seen a backup directory in the file system nor in the >>> profiles. However, it was doing a backup every 5 minutes. >> >>> I was rather inexact in the original description above. Only >>> the different check box is ticked. The change in the displayed >>> message status and the icons on the enigmail toolbar doesn't >>> happen until I click 'ok'. >> >>>>> What I don't understand is why sometimes I get a red >>>>> cursor/ text in the 'To' field and sometimes black. I can >>>>> provoke a red address field entry by making any address >>>>> incomplete but my address for enigmail-users seems correct >>>>> and complete. >>>> >>>> That's Thunderbird behavior - nothing Enigmail influences >>>> and nothing Enigmail could do to improve it. >> >>> True. But I still don't understand why sometimes Thunderbird >>> considers the To address broken. The emails always arrive at >>> destination ok. And it is not consistent for any given >>> address. >> >>>>> But I do consider that a spontaneous change to established >>>>> message conditions should not occur. >>>> >>>> Agreed >> >>> The change induced by Thunderbird seems to be one way only : >>> sign -> encrypt. It doesn't reverse itself back to 'sign only' >>> after a further backup period. But if you reset to 'sign only', >>> after another backup period, it flips again to encrypt. >> >> I'm trying to reproduce it, but so far didn't succeed. What are >> your account settings and other rules when this happens? >> > > My account settings on OpenPGP Security : enable PGP support, Use > specific PGP key, sign by default, PGP/MIME by default, sign non > encrypted messages, sign encrypted messages, encrypt draft messages > on saving. > > Nothing set under account settings Security. > > Enigmail preferences / Sending = Convenient encryption settings, > Key Selection : By Per-recipient, By email addresses > > For this to happen when writing an email : > > 1. Thunderbird preferences/Composition/General : check autosave > (every 5 minutes), confirm when using keyboard shortcuts, check for > missing attachments 2. 'To' field in email must be red. This > happens at random for any given email address but I can provoke it > by breaking the address. (I assumed the red indicated that > Thunderbird considered the address broken ) 3. The 'To' field must > have an entry 4. The enigmail setting for that email must be 'sign > only' > > Then just sit and wait for five minutes while checking the enigmail > toolbar button from time to time.
I still cannot reproduce it. Could you send me a debug log file (menu Enigmail > Debugging Options > View Log)? - -Patrick -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVBEQxAAoJENsRh7ndX2k7DhsP/jb9CDyGuKuRp2AMa4VwHSGe JNCvd9QfL2/wIsdk+FLmz2gkdQOtliZAdBQqpd4loB+raTA+XNezx39oR5Dc84LJ LgV3gA5fVUdOGl6+f+1vx8WWZV9BxlJevdILo6OIbvOuzx5w+eFxcoGdnCvtnuBb Sh1nzpF8vnpPZY333bgclpS6f8XUYgnQdvncjlh2eA3gKdYRE8m+t+mE/ifmAR1E +BF+0ycypzvWHDjbRf90LsDRV3qEVu40DVL2mVhK867DysxjoOlPkFfEaRyRtTS3 ro2jF3ptABRsIvDyKZ5LOYLn6rlr1em1yft86P6LlRUUV/Bv2DHc7CqN16WQIa4k D14RRHBPQbRmG2xYMhFKRSWaskRBzlE6sLFjqt0L7dbc5hIOkiKsS7hlcCx0/P5k Ylblz1v0AUcFYhOPxb3m+57PjL+jfvA+TVvO8mgTdIJf7zye9pVK48PIwVMkP9Bk PuXzM8GecQ8n8Laeb9X6ZK8ESez5TqDpHUXpRe9t/0xhR+wPEpJ3cFbTHIFhmrGf ZXhMzddp9lROyd4C/iRV5h/NnvQaeP6XH+toCh72lMKUjwTRQ7Ygf5HYoVVPi/R9 w9zmGG0ZPGr6gsXKm8z98OP9ghNnpvlVOjEELiQppKI83Ou5f7di7w/0Ywmn3ucd w2T1H9kkK8mvszeF2giS =SJrK -----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
