> 1. i might not want to download the key: the message may be in the
> "macht nichts" category

So you disable the auto-download in the configuration menu.

> 2. there are 3 options available to the user:

And they can all be taken care of once the user expresses enough
interest in the signature to find out what the problem is.

> 2b try to get the key from the keyserver    ( which keyserver, btw )

Whichever one they've configured Enigmail to use.  We've had a keyserver
setting for years.

> it is critical not to cripple this thing by trying to make things too
> automatic.   we'll end up like SSL/TLS

By which you mean, what -- we'll become a largely-invisible and
largely-effective part of the information security ecosystem that's
responsible for securing billions of dollars a day, and on balance does
it surprisingly well?

Man, I *hope* we wind up like TLS.  :)

> i like the idea of a pen with a ? mark over it for those messages which
> are signed but for which we do not have a local copy of the sender's
> public key

I don't.  It's unnecessary.  The red X says everything that needs to be
said: "There's a problem.  Click here for more details."

You've already got trinary icons (full color, grayed-out, and Xed).  I
draw the line there.

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