On 3 Nov 2013, at 5:26, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
...
Ok, I can see that it's not enough to be able to bind a sender address
to a specific key/certificate as it is currently possible when using
[OpenPGP](http://manual.mailmate-app.com/hidden_preferences#openpgp).
Maybe I should allow multiple certificates to be specified for each
email address and then display those in a separate popup menu in the
composer. That would also allow the user to assign display names for
them since I'm guessing it might be hard to otherwise distinguish the
certificates... (Not making any promises on a time frame here.)
--
Benny
Benny and All,
Well, just to throw more gasoline on the fire, I also have multiple
OpenPGP keys for the same identities and have been even more involved
with that community! I know it's asking a lot, but something similar to
what we've been discussing would also be great for OpenPGP keys. I like
your popup idea and it could be applied to both S/MIME and OpenPGP. Yes,
some way of seeing at least partial details of a key/certificate is a
must to ensure you have the correct one is vital, but there may be other
ways of doing thins besides assigning display names (although it is a
good idea!). Thunderbird does a pretty good job in this area. Apple Mail
does a *terrible* job! Multiple certificates are a nightmare in that
client. I have been a financial contributor to the GPGTools effort for
Apple Mail, and that tool suite has gotten *really* good recently. But,
they have "dumbed it down" to automatically select the key for you. In
my mind, this was a step backwards.
I have a lot of contacts in the security community that might be useful
in getting the word out regarding MailMate and I will try to to so on an
informal basis. I know that several people will ask me about these
capabilities, however.
I'm not a software developer, but I would like to help your project
however I can. I just recently retired from a very large company after
many years service as a network security and encryption engineer.
--
Scott Blystone
Rochester, NY, US
CAcert Assurer (see http://www.cacert.org)
StartSSL Notary (see http://www.startssl.org)
Note: This address also works for instant messaging.
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