Re: bug#7487: 24.0.50; Gnus nnimap broken

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

>>> Upon logging in, I am prompted to add my login credentials to
>>> ~/.authinfo.gpg.  This brings up a confusing buffer asking me to mark
>>> a public key, which I have discovered by trial and error only works if
>>> I select no public keys so it falls back on symetric encryption.
>
> LMI> Yes, that interface is so confusing it's ridiculous.
>
> I also had trouble with it the first time.  Perhaps there should be more
> information on that screen.

This is what the user is faced with:

----
Select recipents for encryption.
If no one is selected, symmetric encryption will be performed.  
- `m' to mark a key on the line
- `u' to unmark a key on the line
[Cancel][OK]

e <person I somehow have a certificate for>
----

And this is for storing a ~/.authinfo.gpg file.  If there's one thing
the user don't want to do, it's "select recipient for encryption".
And how many users know what "symmetric encryption" is anyway?

When writing the ~/.authinfo.gpg file, the user should be queried one
thing: "Password for ~/.authinfo.gpg: ****".  And that's it, in my
extremely humble opinion.

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen