404328 - Display better security information about secure imap connections

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 448723

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Description

[Matp75]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.9 (20071031) Winxp

When encrypting communication with the imap server, thunderbird may ask for a confirmation prompt if the certificate is not certified by a known ca.
In this confirmation prompt, you can examine all the certificate properties and choose to accept the certificate.
I just moved to a signed certificate on my personal imap server thanks to the free certificate from startcom.org so I no longer have this prompt.
It seems to work, I see a secure icon but I just realize I couldn't find any way in thunderbird to know which certificate is used, which encryption algorithm is used...
I was expecting either :
- a secure icon at the bottom right
- information when hovering with the mouse on the security icon 
- information via right click on the account on the left pane (properties gives the configuration window...)
There is nothing in the certicate properties in option, which is normal (as startcom ca is normally defined) 

So this bug is about improving the information given to the user about the security of the mail connections.
It should handle the case of multiple accounts with different security, works when switching to lightning calendar view, be consistent with the work done with firefox 3...



Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Nikolay Shopik]

This something we should take in consideration. Can't find it too.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3pre) Gecko/20090808 Shredder/3.0b4pre

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

xref bug 448723
should we keep both?

Comment 3

[Nikolay Shopik]

Marking as dupe, clearly same request