Bug#412686: iceape-mailnews: shows an empty mail window when decryption fails

[Alexander Sack]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:32:34PM +0100, Gerald Klinkl wrote:
> 
> If an encrypted mail in pkcs7-mime format is received and if it can't
> be decrypted, an empty mail window is shown. On the first glance that
> looks like an empty message and this is extreme confusing. The broken
> key is shown in the lower left corner of the Iceape window, but this 
> icon is placed on a very bad position to be noted. There is lot of
> room for improvement like
> 
> o) inform the user explicitly if the decryption or signature verification 
>    of a message fails (e.g. pop up the "message security" window automatically) 
> 
> o) display the encrypted content of the message,
> 
> o) use different icons for mails wich are encrypted and/or signed
> 
> o) display the authentication state in the mail header window (the grey
>    one) when it is folded, and not only when it is unfolded and drop
>    the icon in the lower left corner (same for the signature icon)
> 
> 

Can you take a look if this happens for you in thunderbird too?

 - Alexander
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