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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Problem encrypting email
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-15?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-08-17 21:09:59
Message-ID: 200708172310.02063 () erwin ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Thursday 16 August 2007 16:33, Simon Perreault wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Using Kgpg, I imported the public key of a friend. Now, when I try to
> send him encrypted email, I get an error message saying
>
> "There are conflicting encryption preferences for these recipients.
> Encrypt this message?"
>
> Now I'm wondering which conflicts this is about. Anyway, I click
> "Encrypt".
>
> I then arrive at the "Encryption Key Selection" dialog saying that no
> trusted key was found for this recipient. That's right, I didn't set
> the trust level for this key. After all, I received it by email, so
> it might have been hacked. But I want to use it anyway, so I select
> it in the dialog. But when I click the key, a red X appears next to
> it and I can't click the OK button. This probably means that it won't
> let me use it. That's crazy and all, especially without any
> explanation popup, but let's deal with it.
>
> I open Kgpg and in the settings dialog I check "Allow encryption with
> untrusted keys". This should fix the problem right? Wrong. Nothing
> changes.
>
> If I manually set the trust level to Ultimate, then I can send the
> email. But this sucks.
>
> Did I do something wrong or should I file a set of bugs?

Since you have found the corresponding entry in Bugzilla in the meantime 
you know the answer. For the time being you will have to locally sign 
untrusted keys you want to use for encryption with KMail.


Regards,
Ingo

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