Re: [Evolution] Automatic GPG encryption



On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 09:04 +0200, Milan Crha wrote
On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 20:58 +0100, Paul Leyland wrote:
How can I configure Evolution so that it *always* encrypts to the GPG
key of the recipients of the mail I send?
It's easy to see how to set it always to sign with GPG and/or SMIME and
always to encrypt SMIME mail.
Yeah, it seems that there is no such option for GPG in
Edit->Preferences->Mail accounts-> <your account> -> Edit->Security tab
There is such option for SMIME only. I wouldn't expect it anywhere else.
Is there a solution, perhaps incorporating some third-party add-on or
some scripting?  Alternatively, should this issue be raised as a
request-for-enhancement?
There is one already probably, so you can try to find it or enter a new
one.

Yes, there already is one, or maybe two.
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500673>
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=384814>

I use GPG a lot, but it is actually more complicated than just "always
encrypt".  What if no key is available, should it complain or just
silently not encrypt?   What if multiple keys match: should it fail,
prompt user to select a key, or silently just pick one [the later seems
bad]?  I think such an option is more work than it first appears
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209038>
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329342>
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300789>
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436914>

SMOP - (1, noun) Literally means "Small Matter Of Programming".  Most
often used ironically regarding a suggestion for a feature which seems
easy to the suggester, but is obviously [to the programmer] a lot of
work.   :)

Personally, using GPG a lot, I'd much rather have Seahorse
<http://live.gnome.org/Seahorse> included in GNOME and integrated better
with Evolution.  I *love* Seahorse.  Finally an app that makes managing
crypto stuff not painful.
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508744>
<https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=517576>

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