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[Serge Aumont <address@concealed>]

Adam Bernstein wrote:
> We've got somebody who wants to start using S/MIME encryption, but the
> process of obtaining personal certificates is too complex to expect
> all of their users to manage it.  Under the current scheme, those
> users will only receive a message about "This message was sent
> encrypted and we don't have your key", instead of the actual content. 
> They would like to have an option of selecting opportunistic or "if
> possible" encryption, where users whose keys have been collected by
> Sympa will receive the message re-encrypted, while everyone else will
> receive it in plaintext.
>
> Is there any interest from Sympa in providing that kind of choice?  I
> can see why it might violate rules about distributing in plaintext
> some data that somebody thought needed to be encrypted, but if it's a
> deliberate choice by the list owner, would it be acceptable?
Of course this option seems not acceptable for the usage I can imagine
of encryption. May be we can accept that feature if you submit a patch
for it. You  should prepare it as a patch for version 6. Version 6
include a new bulk mailer so a patch  from version 5 could be difficult
to apply to version 6. You fetch it from SVN trunk. Encryption is not
yet tested withthis new bulkmailer.
The design : add a new subscriber option . That option must not be
included in available option set by default only  could be selected by
list owner.

Regards
Serge