[imp] Entering S/MIME passphrase fails when sending email
Edward Burr
egburr at burr.cc
Thu May 22 19:54:38 UTC 2014
Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
> Quoting Edward Burr <egburr at burr.cc>:
>
>> Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.1.4
>> Horde 5.1.6
>> Imp 6.1.7
>>
>> If I am writing a new email and have not yet entered my S/MIME
>> passphrase this session, when I click send, Horde promps me to
>> enter it. But, when I do, a pink error message pops up and
>> disappears too quickly to read, and the email vanishes and does not
>> get sent.
>>
>> The passphrase does apparently take effect, though, because I can
>> then write the email anew and send it successfully.
>>
>> My work-around for now is when I get that prompt, I cancel it, go
>> to my mail preferences for S/MIME, and enter my passphrase there,
>> then go click Send again, and the email sends successfully the
>> first time.
>
> If the message sends, the passphrase was successful entered. A
> 'horde.success' notification (green) is displayed.
>
> If the passphrase was NOT successfully entered, A 'horde.error'
> notification (red) is displayed.
>
> There's no way in the current code for a successful result to be
> returned while issuing a horde.error notification. So either the
> horde.error notification is being triggered by something in the code
> other than the passphrase verification code (in which case you
> should be seeing both a green and a red message) or I have no idea
> what is happening, and can't reproduce.
Actually, there is also a green message in addition to the red one.
The problem is they both disappear so quickly, I don't get a chance to
see them.
--
"In television it is a cardinal sin to allow the viewer a
single moment when his ears and eyes are not assaulted by
sound and fury" -- Alfred Hitchcock, announcing a commercial
break in "Hangover" aired 12/06/1962 and just as true today
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