125826 - can't send mail after set "encrypt" for recepients without cert

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Security: S/MIME, defect, P2)

Description

[Igor Velkov]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020208
BuildID:    2002020811

If I set "encrypt" in message options, and I dont have certificate for
recepient, I get "encription impossible" message. After that I cannt send this
message, and cannt save - this message about missing cert appears every try. But
I cannt uncheck "encrypt message" in menu - it unchecked there.
Message have to drop.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. create new message
2. enter recepient, you dont have security certificate for
3. choose option->security->always encript
4. try to send message

Actual Results:  message "error sending msg, you dont have cert.........." appears.
now go to option->security->always encript and see - "always encrypt" is
unchecked. Now try send more - first message eappears.

Expected Results:  instead simply warning about impossible send - window with
question and variants - "send unencrypted" and "stop send". 

user interace of this function too complex. in netscape version 4.x was very
good and clean - tab with "options", with checkboxes - versus 3 level menus,
with check points, and ununderstandable current state of function and possible
values

Comment 1

[Henrik Gemal]

over to S/MIME

Comment 2

[Stephane Saux]

kai
I think Kai has checked in something recently that may very well solve this.

Comment 3

[Charles Rosendahl]

This has been fixed in the trunk builds - will verify in the branch (I believe 
it will make its way there as part of other fixes.)

Comment 4

[Charles Rosendahl]

There are still the usability issues, however the impossible send is no longer
present.