It seems like an addition option of: Send encrypted to recipients with certificates and unencrypted to recipients without certificates
would be useful Ben Jennifer Glick wrote: > Screenshot of your suggestion is here: > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/images/AcctSet8.gif > > Some additional alternatives based on some of the other suggestions: > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/images/AcctSet4.gif > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/images/AcctSet5.gif > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/images/AcctSet6.gif > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/images/AcctSet7.gif > > And of course, the originals: > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/images/AcctSet1.gif > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/images/AcctSet2.gif > http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/images/AcctSet3.gif > > John Gardiner Myers wrote: > > >>There has been no response to my comments of Nov 5: >> >> >>>In the account settings, there is a tri-state encryption preference, the three >>>states being to never encrypt, to encrypt if possible, and to encrypt always. >>>This is confusingly presented as a checkbox and two radio buttons. It should >>>instead use three radio buttons, just like the tri-state SMTP SSL preference. >>> >>>The checkbox for "Digitally sign messages" should be in the same outline box >>>as the certificate selector. The two are strongly related--it makes no sense >>>to enable signing of messages without having a cert. The selected certs are >>>only used when signing has been enabled. >>> >>>I suggest two outline boxes, one for encryption, the other for signing. The >>>"Recipient Certificates" preferences should go into the Encryption outline >>>box. >>> >>>The tooltip for reading a signed message should include any e-mail address in >>>the signing cert. When the signer of a message has a commonly used name, such >>>as "John Smith," it isn't very helpful to just present the common name. >>> >>> >
