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No way to stop sending mail when encryption fails
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Description

Release: 0.9.2

Environment

Windows XP Prof. x64 SP1, Outlook 2003 SP1

Description

If the encryption key for a message is unusable for some reason (e.g. it has expired) and the encryption fails, the message gets sent in clear text without further confirmation. There should be at least a confirmation whether one really wants to send the mail clear-text.

The same happens when no key is present at all. There does not seem to be a way to get out of the key-selection requester without sending the mail.

How To Repeat

Send mail with encryption to an address with an expired key.

Event Timeline

boehme added projects: gpgol, Bug Report.Sep 29 2005, 11:45 AM
• werner added a subscriber: • werner.Apr 24 2006, 12:32 PM

There is no way to fix this. It is an Outlook problem lasting for
years now. We try to delete the content of the mail in such a case
but it is not reliable either.

The workaround is to queue up mails and delete those mails accidently
sent from the outgoing folder.

The current version of gpgol is 0.9.8 with a couple of fixes. See
www.gpg4win.org .

• werner closed this task as Resolved.Apr 24 2006, 12:32 PM