[Tickets #10931] Re: submitting public key to keyserver fails

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/10931
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  Ticket             | 10931
  Updated By         | Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
  Summary            | submitting public key to keyserver fails
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 5.0.15
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Unconfirmed
  Priority           | 2. Medium
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> (2012-01-24 10:43) wrote:

> I'm thinking about removing keyserver upload completely from 5.1.   
> This is one of those features/actions that SHOULDN'T be made  
> inherently simple - uploading should only be done when a user fully  
> understands the consequences and/or reasoning for doing so.

I don't agree. Key handling and PGP usage should instead be made  
*easier* for users. It's probably debatable whether this is our job,  
but it's as good our job as anyone else's. And if not making it easy  
in a mail client where it's used most often, where else?