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GpgOL: Both disable and prefer S/MIME does not work
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Description

It looks like the S/MIME settings (disable/prefer) are ignored:

  • Regardless of being disabled, decryption seems to work and pinentry shows up for the smime key
  • Regardless of preference, openpgp keys are used for encryption (when security approval dialog is disabled)

To reproduce the disable issue:

  1. Disable smime
  2. Kill background processes and restart Outlook
  3. Open a smime mail => pinentry shows up and mail is decrypted

To reproduce the preference issue:

  1. Make sure you have both secret openpgp and smime certs (I tested with ted)
  2. Deactivate "Always show security approval dialog"
  3. Enable S/MIME and activate "Prefer S/MIME"
  4. Kill background processes and restart Outlook (just to be sure)
  5. Send an encrypted/signed mail => always openpgp encrypted/signed

Note: I had both secret openpgp and smime keys of ted/edward in keyring and both accounts in outlook added, if that matters

Details

Version
vsd-3.3.90.16-beta

Event Timeline

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ebo renamed this task from GpgOL: Activate/Prefer S/MIME does not work to GpgOL: Activate "Prefer S/MIME" does not work.Oct 9 2025, 9:36 AM
ebo triaged this task as High priority.
ebo moved this task from Backlog to Triage on the gpgol board.
timegrid renamed this task from GpgOL: Activate "Prefer S/MIME" does not work to GpgOL: Both disable and prefer S/MIME does not work.Thu, Nov 6, 8:57 AM
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timegrid mentioned this in Unknown Object (Maniphest Task).Thu, Nov 6, 3:01 PM