Re: [Evolution] PGP signing and aliases

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2018-08-13 at 08:53 +0200, Gary C Curtin wrote:
> On Sun, 2018-08-12 at 23:05 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > It's not clear from your description whether you created a separate
> > signature (PGP key pair) for the alias. If so, and that signature is
> > not being used, then it would count as a bug and should be filed as
> > such. Otherwise, it may still be counted as a bug in that the user
> > should at least be warned.
>
> No, there is no PGP key for the alias, so sending as joe blogs com is
> taking the signature from fred blogs com, which as you can understand
> is pointless. Why would you sign your message with someone else's
> signature?
>
> Might as well just send from fred blogs com.

Exactly. You should report this as a bug and post the URL here in case
anyone wants to comment.

poc