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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#30225: Save own PGP-encrypted mail unencrypted
From:       Daniel Seifert <dseifert () gmx ! de>
Date:       2001-10-28 22:23:13
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Hi,

in August I issued a "wish" which I personally think to be very 
important. With kmail 1.3.1 it is still not possible to store mails 
unencrypted, causing an effective loss of data in the future. 

Please consider my wish again, it should be fairly easy to implement. 
For your convenience I've attached my message below.

I also mentioned this feature in #17941 written January 1st. There 
was no reaction to this inquiry, either.

Thanks very much in advance,

with kind regards,

Daniel Seifert





I am using PGP (or rather GPG) quite extensively lately and as with 
some other mail programs I've tried, kmail lacks an (imho) important 
feature. When I encrypt and sent a mail, kmail will store the mail 
encrypted and I can decrypt it if I've selected the appropriate option
("encrypt with own key"). As I like to store my mail and not delete 
it every now and then, I am afraid that I might be unable to read 
these mails in a couple of years (i.e. PGP might change, file formats
may change and I will definitely change my key!!!). In fact, I am 
quite sure about this. This is equivalent to a loss of the mail 
itself (an non-decryptable mail is as much worth as a deleted mail) 
which I really dislike. 
What I would like to ask for is an option that will make kmail store 
the mail UNencrypted in the Sent-folder (signatures can be left for 
integrity and maybe it could add a line to the head like "was sent
encrypted to xyz"). Of course this has to be an option (probably very 
easy to implement) as security requires that some people do only 
store their mails encrypted. But I (and a lot of other people) only 
want to secure my mail on it's way to its recipient. In fact, my 
arguments are also valid for encrypted mails I _receive_. An option to
decrypt them and store them in unencrypted form would be great as 
well, otherwise I won't be able to read them in a couple of years
(or even months when in bad luck). A lot of my friends use keys that 
expire every twelve months ... 
I hope that someone will consider this humble request. Former mail 
applications authors rejected this request as they (quite stubbornly, 
imho) insisted that it would be insecure. But I believe in the
freedom to chose and I am sure that many people are going to like 
this feature. Thanks for listening. 

Daniel Seifert
kde@dseifert.de
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