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Re: Security issue / bad UI design in mutt CVS (encryption options)



On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 01:15:34PM +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> 
> Here's a proposed patch that I'd consider reasonable:
> 
> * This makes the S/MIME and PGP menus consistent.
> * "sign" and "encrypt" now mean "sign only" and "encrypt only."
> * "forget it" is now called "clear", and has (c) as a new shortcut.
>   (f) continues to be accepted, but isn't documented in the menu.

I don't think accepting (f) is good from a UI standpoint.  It should
either be listed on the menu or disabled.

> * Bailing out of the prompt of "sign as" does not clear a
>   previously-set "sign" flag.
> * The PGP menu says "(i)nline" or "PGP/M(i)ME", depending on context.

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Will Fiveash