From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/71100 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: tls-program Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:48:20 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Message-ID: <87bp7tzqd7.fsf@mid.gehheimdienst.de> References: <87y6ay3c1q.fsf@news.realpath.org> <87sk163b6o.fsf@news.realpath.org> <87vd62pdn8.fsf@rimspace.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284911413 14549 80.91.229.12 (19 Sep 2010 15:50:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:50:13 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M19473@lists.math.uh.edu Sun Sep 19 17:50:12 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OxM9Z-0005Cq-L4 for ding-account@gmane.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:50:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OxM9R-0000h0-A3; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:50:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OxM9P-0000gj-UC for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:49:59 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OxM9L-0007cn-KT for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:49:59 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1OxM9K-0003ft-00 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:49:54 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OxM9J-00055O-C0 for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:49:53 +0200 Original-Received: from zoidberg.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.69.172]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:49:53 +0200 Original-Received: from ich by zoidberg.uni-koblenz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:49:53 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: zoidberg.uni-koblenz.de X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/},q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:71100 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Daniel Pittman writes: > >> I would be inclined to do that, from a UI point of view, but it is rather >> nasty. A better approach might be to force them explicitly to secure[1], >> detect the appropriate warnings, and either prompt the user, or educate them >> about what has to happen? > > Well, if having invalid certificates is really common on IMAP servers, > then annoying them with this would be... annoying. > > Does anybody know what (say) Thunderbird does in these instances? It gives a warning message where one can inspect the certificate and has buttons accept temporarily, accept forever, cancel. -- Have you ever considered how much text can fit in eighty columns? Given that a signature typically contains up to four lines of text, this space allows you to attach a tremendous amount of valuable information to your messages. Seize the opportunity and don't waste your signature on bullshit that nobody cares about.