notmuch-emacs should correctly handle signature status on reply

[Viktor Ashirov]

On Wed, Aug 03 2016 at 11:30:05 am, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
> On Wed 2016-08-03 06:28:36 -0400, Viktor Ashirov wrote:
>
>> in notmuch-emacs, when I reply to multipart/signed email, signature
>> status gets inserted in the cited message, like this:
>>
>> ----------
>> John Doe writes:
>>> [ Unknown signature status ]
>>> Hello world!
>> ----------
>>
>> Even though signature was verified when email is viewed in notmuch-show
>> ----------
>>  [ multipart/signed ]
>>  [ Good signature by:  John Doe <jdoe at example.org> ]
>>  [ text/plain ]
>> ----------
>>
>> So I'd like to be able to
>> 1. Not include signature status in the cited message
>> 2. But when I want to include it, it should be correctly processed.
>
> fwiw, i think that the cited message should never include signature or
> decryption status, and the presence of these fields in the output of
> notmuch-reply is a bug.
>
> I see no reason to make it configurable to show them, and some good
> reasons not to: it's arguably a leak of information about your private
> view of the world to include this stuff in a reply (the user can always
> choose to write about their private view of the world manually if they
> want to).
I see your point, and I agree.
>
> notmuch-emacs already has too many options, and we should be
> parsimonious about adding new ones.
>
> i suggest dropping the signature and encryption status entirely from
> notmuch-reply.
Sounds good to me.
>
>         --dkg
--
Viktor
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