272234 - S/MIME signature in messages with a binary attachment on IMAP server not verified: question mark in security info icon without any further explanation.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Michael]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/0.10.1 StumbleUpon/1.998
Build Identifier: Thunderbird version 0.9+ (20041128)

This problem concerns messages that have been signed using S/MIME and that
contain a binary attachment (e.g. PDF or Excel spreadsheets), when reading them
through an IMAP server. This problem will *not* concern messages with inline
attachments that Thunderbird shows directly in the message text window, such as
JPEG or plain text, or when binary attachment + S/MIME signed messages are
downloaded via POP3.

What happens is that a message affected by the problem will show a pencil icon
with a question mark in the security status information. I guess this is because
the S/MIME signature cannot be verified because of the attachment still lying on
the IMAP server.

However, it is to my knowledge not possible to obtain information on the reason
why the question mark is shown next to the pencil icon. When clicking on the
pencil icon, simply nothing happens. The usual S/MIME security Info dialog does
not show up in this case. Nor is there any other indication of the problem's nature.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attach a binary file to a message
2. Digitally sign using S/MIME
3. Send to an IMAP account
4. Read the message on your IMAP account using Thunderbird
Actual Results:  
Note the question mark next to the pencil icon and that no information about the
problem can be obtained. When clicking

Expected Results:  
Clicking on the pencil icon should give a description of the problem, preferably
offering to take the steps necessary to actually verify the digital signature.

Using the latest nightly 0.9 build with default theme: Thunderbird version 0.9+
(20041128)

Comment 1

[Martin Leung]

I have the same problem too. This is essentially Bug#:199626 but even worse as
the message won't even verify in the preview pane. If you move the message to a
local folder, the problem goes away. 

As far as I can recall, the bug had been there since the first version (v0.2?)
of thunderbird I used.

Comment 2

[Roland Stuehmer]

This looks like a duplicate of bug 219290 which is older and has more comments.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 4

[Hugo Salgado]

I have the same problem, using Thunderbird 1.0.7 on Linux (Fedora Core 4).
Please don't auto-resolve it ;)

Hugo

Comment 5

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still occur with the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest supported Thunderbird version 2 is 2.0.0.16)

Comment 6

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to the last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.