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Re: mutt/2041: pgp-inline failure mode should detect incorrect password



The following reply was made to PR mutt/2041; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: TAKAHASHI Tamotsu <ttakah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: GNATS <bug-any@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: 
Subject: Re: mutt/2041: pgp-inline failure mode should detect incorrect password
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:47:31 +0900

 > >Class:          sw-bug
 
 > >Description:
 > When attempting to send a mail encrypted "inline", if you type in the wrong 
 > pgp passphrase, mutt will ask if you would like to fall back to sending it 
 > via pgp-MIME. This is a silly question if all you did was type in the wrong 
 > password. Mutt should be able to tell that the passphrase was incorrect and 
 > it wasn't a case of pgp-inline being incapable of signing the mail. I think 
 > this is a bug and not a change request, but I may be wrong.
 
 Yes, we can do it in theory.
 But your request is almost hopeless.
 Too much code is involved and PGP-inline is deprecated.
 
 Workaround: You can "set pgp_mime_auto=no"
 
 The manual reads:
 
   6.3.156.  pgp_mime_auto
 
   Type: quadoption
   Default: ask-yes
 
   This option controls whether Mutt will prompt you for automatically
   sending a (signed/encrypted) message using PGP/MIME when inline
   (traditional) fails (for any reason).
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 "Any reason" includes wrong passphrases.
 So this is not a bug.
 
 -- 
 tamo