GNU bug report logs - #41659
28.0.50; smime: encryption uses now base64, message not readable

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From: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 41659 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41659: 28.0.50; smime: encryption uses now base64, message not readable
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:26:45 +0200

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> Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es> writes:

> I don't think documentation is the real problem here -- these things
> should just work without any configuration needed.

> For instance, these defaults don't make much sense, I think?

> mml-default-encrypt-method => "pgpmime"
> mml-smime-use => epg

That is true, I have the feeling this is all sort of mixture between
different approaches.


> And where configuration is needed, Emacs should just prompt the user.

In principle, but I also think users don't use smime that much, because
the setup is as you said, cumbersome. I just thought documentation could
help in the meantime (recall that I reported the smime bug, err August
last year).

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