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

6.0.0-beta1

7/7/25

Summary	Add option to not verify PGP/SMIME messages
Queue	IMP
Queue Version	HEAD
Type	Enhancement
State	Resolved
Priority	1. Low
Owners
Requester	selsky (at) columbia (dot) edu
Created	06/10/2006 (6967 days ago)
Due
Updated	09/03/2006 (6882 days ago)
Assigned
Resolved	09/03/2006 (6882 days ago)
Milestone
Patch	No

09/03/2006 05:38:30 AM	Michael Slusarz	Comment #5 State ⇒ Resolved	Reply to this comment
Implemented in HEAD.

06/21/2006 05:09:14 PM	Jan Schneider	Comment #4 State ⇒ Accepted	Reply to this comment
Convinced.

06/21/2006 08:23:58 AM	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 07:22:11 AM	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 08:04:15 AM	Matt Selsky	Comment #1 Priority ⇒ 1. Low Type ⇒ Enhancement Summary ⇒ Add option to not verify PGP/SMIME messages 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.