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Issues forwarding S/MIME encrypted messages as attachments
#1086
Forwarding S/MIME encrypted emails (either sent emails or
received emails) yields unexpected results. Recipients of these
forwarded messages are not able to open them, which leads me to
believe MailMate does not decrypt/re-encrypt messages to be
readable.
Steps
Create an S/MIME encrypted message to yourself or someone
else
Send the message
Find the sent message and forward it as an attachment
Encrypt the forwarded message to a new recipient with S/MIME
Send the forwarded message
The recipient cannot read the attached
message
Find the sent message from step 2 and forward it as an
attachment
Do not encrypt the forwarded message
Send the forwarded message
The recipient cannot read the attached
message
Expected
Results
MailMate decrypts and (optionally) re-encrypts attached messages
as needed so that the recipient(s) I am forwarding them to can read
them.
MailMate should guarantee the recipient can read my message
forwarded as an attachment both when I choose to use encryption
with the recipient and when I send it unencrypted. The end-user
should be able to decide whether the previously encrypted content
is OK to send unencrypted.
Actual Results
MailMate appears to treat the S/MIME encrypted messages as plain
files and does not modify them; as a result, recipients cannot read
the forwarded messages.
Reported by Matt Gray ·
March 26th, 2015 @ 09:47 PM
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