Tickets :: [#4022] Add option to not verify PGP/SMIME messages

Summary	Add option to not verify PGP/SMIME messages
Queue	IMP
Queue Version	HEAD
Type	Enhancement
State	Resolved
Priority	1. Low
Owners
Requester	Matt Selsky <selsky (at) columbia (dot) edu>
Created	06/10/2006 (858 days ago)
Due
Updated	09/03/2006 (773 days ago)
Assigned
Resolved	09/03/2006 (773 days ago)
Attachments
Milestone
Patch	No

09/03/2006	Michael Slusarz	Comment #5 State ⇒ Resolved	Reply to this comment
Implemented in HEAD.

06/21/2006	Jan Schneider	Comment #4 State ⇒ Accepted	Reply to this comment
Convinced.

06/21/2006	Matt Selsky	Comment #3	Reply to this comment
But I need key servers available for when I want to verify messages. Maybe most messages I don't care if they are genuine, like list traffic. But I want to verify personal messages. Most clients seem to offer the option to verify on demand. (I'm looking at Apple Mail, Mutt, Thunderbird/Enigmail currently)

06/21/2006	Jan Schneider	Comment #2 State ⇒ Feedback	Reply to this comment
I can see how checking against key servers can be slow, but should already be able to turn this off by not selecting any key servers in the IMP configuration. But is verifying message really such a performance hog? I think it isn't very intuitive if users need to manually verify signed messages, they won't do it anyway.

06/10/2006	Matt Selsky	Comment #1 Summary ⇒ Add option to not verify PGP/SMIME messages Type ⇒ Enhancement Priority ⇒ 1. Low Queue ⇒ IMP State ⇒ New	Reply to this comment
PGP/SMIME verification of messages can be slow on busy webmail servers or if the connection to the key server is slow. There should be an option to show that the message was signed, but only perform the verification on demand when the user requests it.