Re: Default encryption for Message

[Jens Lechtenboerger <jens.lechtenboerger@fsfe.org>]

On 2014-09-23, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> JL> 4. mm-encrypt-option
> ...
> JL> Clearly, my [solution] is a hack.  A better approach might be a third
> JL> value for mm-encrypt-option, say guided-if-multiple, to only enter
> JL> guided mode if multiple keys are available.  That would require,
> JL> however, to modify code in mml1991.el, mml2015.el, and mml-smime.el,
> JL> which brings me to the next point.
>
> Ask once, then save the preference in a Customize-controlled variable.

Before this was saved permanently the user should probably be asked,
as there might be addresses where the “correct” key depends on the
message’s context.

Also, an implementation of such a feature requires more code.
Currently, I’m setting “guided” on a per message basis to reuse the
code around epa-select-keys in the three files mentioned above.
There, epa-select-keys is invoked for *all* recipients of the
message, not just those with multiple keys.

For your proposal, the code in those three files would need to be
changed to iterate over the recipients and invoke epa-select-keys
for each recipient with multiple keys.  Another reason for
refactoring.

Best wishes
Jens