On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 12:31 +0000, Paul Leyland wrote:
> O
> > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:03:06 -0430
> > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Automatic encryption on Reply
> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> > 
> > On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 16:57 +0200, Mark Elkins wrote:
> > > I sent some e-mail to a friend. He replied from his Mac-Book - and it
> > > magically encrypted his reply to me so I was only able to read it on the
> > > PC that had that key. The key involved is the key below.
> > > 
> > > Anyway - if someone sends me a personal e-mail and they have signed it -
> > > I'd love to auto-encrypt my reply to them - or at least have the ability
> > > to do so. (It wouldn't work for lists very well! :-)
> > > 
> > > Is this possible in Evolution?
> > 
> > I'm not sure what you're asking. Evo can both sign and encrypt mail
> > using GPG (PGP) or S/MIME. You need to set it up using
> > Edit->Preferences-><account>->Security. You can encrypt and/or sign all
> > messages automatically or select Security menu in the composer to do so
> > selectively.
> 
> Really?  I asked this very question with respect to PGP auto-encryption
> a few months ago.
> 
> AFAIK, Evolution still will not auto-encrypt with a PGP key.  It will
> auto-sign and I have this switched on so that I'm reminded (by being
> asked for a private key passphrase) to encrypt when I want encryption.

No, you're right. I assumed that since it's in the config dialogue it
must work.

> If this facility is coming in an as-yet unreleased version of Evo that
> is great news.

I have no special knowledge of upcoming versions beyond what's been
announced via the usual channels.

poc

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