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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    [Bug 34681] searching PGP encyrypted messages
From:       Tels <perl_dummy () bloodgate ! com>
Date:       2003-06-30 17:13:34
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------- Additional Comments From perl_dummy@bloodgate.com  2003-06-30 19:13 -------
Actually, for security reasons the messages should be always stored in encrypted 
form (if, for instance, your entire partition is encrypted, any data is still
readable/available while the partition is "unencrypted", e.g. while the system
is running, so storing messages in encrypted form is a good idea). 
 
However, the search engine could ask for the passphrase and decrypt each message 
on the fly, even though this takes longer. 
 
It doesn't make much sense to store the message encrypted (original format)
*and* unencrypted just to enable the search. You could then just skip the
storing in encrypted form altogether.
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