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bug#13551: acknowledged by developer (control message for bug #13551)
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
bug#13551: acknowledged by developer (control message for bug #13551) |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Sep 2019 21:32:21 -0400 |
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> I'm not sure I understand. I think it does do something completely
> predictable -- choose the key ring entry that matches what's in your
> "From" header.
We seem to be failing to commnuicate. My From header always says
"rms@gnu.org", but we're talking about the address I am sending to --
in the To field. Is that what you mean?
The behavior that you describe is totally unpredictable for me because
it depends on data I don't know, and have no other reason to know.
When foo@bar.com sends me a key, I don't notice what other addresses
that key covers. There is no reason to. And those alternate short
addresses are not listed by epa-list-keys.
If I have a key for 'arthur@gnu.org' and another for
'arthur@berkeley.edu', it is a nuisice for me to check which one, if
either, lists just 'arthur' as an address. Especially since when I
send mail to 'arthur@gnu.org' I may not even remember I know
'arthur@berkeley.edu'.
When I send mail to just 'arthur', that is equivalent by default to
'arthur@gnu.org'. I often omit '@gnu.org' knowing this.
Encryption should do the same thing: treat 'arthur' as short for
'arthur@gnu.org'. That way it will always encrypt for the person that
the mail is going to.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)