176205 - Mail security settings: on encryption the If possible option is gone

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 135636

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

Description

[Peter Van Hove]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826

In the "Mail & newsgroup account settings" window when i go to the Security option
There is on option missing in the "Encryption tab" 

The "If Possible" option is gone
Which allows sending of encrypted e-mail if all users have a certificate otherwise
send unecrypted.

But it's documented in the helpfiles.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Mail & newsgroup account settings
2. Select Security (on any mail acccount"
3. Look at the encryption options
4. click on help and select encryption
5. this show there should be 3 options for encryption instead of 1

Actual Results:  
The help file shows the 3 options as it should be

1. Never
2 If possibel
3. Always

While on the Security panel it shows:
1. Never
2. Always

Expected Results:  
That there would be 3 encryption options 

1. Never
2 If possibel
3. Always

I work for a Helpdesk and this feature is a major asset for us since we're
currently stuck with Netscape 4.7x which does have this option.

I saw some documents which shows that this option was availale on Mozilla/Netscape

http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/security/

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

-> invalid

This help is about "sending" and not receiving messages.
receiving ssl is : edit/mail&News Account Settings/Accountname/server
Settings/Use  secure connection (ssl)

sending is :
edit/mail&News Account Settings/Outgoing Server/Use secure connection (ssl).
AND
edit\mail&News Account Settings/Outgoing server/Advanced/edit/....

Comment 2

[Peter Van Hove]

The HELP FILES IS:

Encryption

You use the Encryption area in the Security panel to specify how you routinely
want to use encryption when sending your messages:

    * Never: Select this option if you never want to use encryption, or only
occasionally.
    * If possible: Select this option if you want to use encryption whenever you
have certificates for all the recipients. If you don't have all the necessary
certificates, the message will be sent unencrypted.
* Always: Select this option if you always want to use encryption. If you don't
have all the necessary certificates, the message won't be sent unless you
explicitly turn off encryption for that message only.

Regardless of which encryption option you select, you can change your mind
before you send an individual message. 

And DOES talk about E-MAIL and not sending encrypted to the Server or not
I'm talking about smime encryption options.

Comment 3

[Oliver Klee]

*** Bug 176206 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[John Unruh]

S/MIME

Comment 5

[Charles Rosendahl]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 135636 ***

Comment 6

[Charles Rosendahl]

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