The mailing list for listmasters using Sympa

[IKEDA Soji <address@concealed>]

Hi Sabine,

On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:56:08 +0000
"Lorenz, Sabine (SCC)" <address@concealed> wrote:

> Hi, I have another question:
> 
>  
> 
> We have some lists on our mailing list server, through which encrypted
> emails are sent and for whose addresses there are certificates for this,
> which are located in the list's folder as files named cert.pem and
> private_key.
> 
> Can the contents of these encrypted e-mails also be read in the list
> archive?
> 
> For me it currently looks like that the archived encrypted mails are not
> displayed on the lists archive web page, even if I set the value "encrypted"
> for the archive_crypted_msg parameter.

The archive_crypted_msg parameter would work when the message
was received by Sympa.  Changing it later may not make encrypted
messages readable.


> And one more question:
> 
> The first of these certificates were created 3 years ago and are now
> expiring.
> 
> Do we now have to replace the old certificate files cert.pem and private_key
> of the affected lists with the new files cert.pem and private_key
> respectively?
> 
> Or is there also the possibility to keep multiple certificates for one list?
> 
> This would be necessary if it should be possible to display the contents of
> the encrypted mails on the archive page.

I don't know exactly, but expired certificates seem no longer
useful.  I think the new certificate may not be used to decrypt
earlier messages.


> We are currently using Sympa version 6.2.16 and Sympa is installed as a
> Debian package.


Regards,
-- Soji


> Kind regards,
> 
> Sabine
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