Re: [Evolution] Saving PGP-encrypted mails as clear text

[Dulsea Liang <dulsea liang posteo de>]

On Mon, 2020-01-13 at 12:12 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> On Sat, 2020-01-11 at 16:01 +0100, Dulsea Liang via evolution-list
> wrote:
> > I am unable to locate an option to save PGPpgp-encrypted e-mails as
> > clear text. Is there a way to permanently decrypt e-mails in
> > evolution?
>
>       Hi,
> as far as I know, no, there is nothing builtin for this. One would
> argue that the message had been encrypted for a purpose and saving it
> unencrypted might have security implications, possibly not intended
> by the sender.

Preventing users from saving encrypted mail without encryption is
certainly a good idea. I would however argue that GnuPG is not the
ideal solution to encrypt locally stored e-mails. 


> As a "workaround", try to right-click the message, pick "Edit as New
> Message", then turn off encryption from the toolbar or from the
> Options
> menu in the Composer window and then File->Save as Draft, after which
> you can enter the Drafts folder for the chosen From account and move
> the message wherever you'd like to have it stored.

Thanks for the tip. I would however prefer a solution which
automatically decrypts the mails in a local Maildir directory. Could
this be achieved by a script that decrypts all the encrypted mails it
finds in the 'cur' folder? 


Best,
Dulsea