User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 The current security settings in Account Settings > Security > Encryption do not satisfy my personal needs. I would like to be able to use encryption systematically _where possible_. Thus I would like to see additional options in the encryption section, which currently offers: + Never (do not use encryption) + Required (can't send message unless all recipients have certificates) I would like to add: + Encrypt where possible. (Encrypt to recipients with known certificates, others get message unencrypted) And therefore perhaps a check box: X. Warn me if some recipients do not have certificates and email cannot be encrypted. (With a choice to continue to cancel). For me ALL private communication is sensitive. I would like to be able to secure all my private communications by default, if the required certificates are present. I do not want to have to think about hitting the Encrypt button every time I send an email to 'Friend A', when I know he has a certificate and therefore all communication to him can and should be encrypted (in my opinion). Currently I have to hit the button each time. Jay Reproducible: Always

I wholeheartedly agree. In fact I'd go much further ... but for now, I'd suggest the following. Take a leaf out of Firefox's book and look at the antiphishing yellow URL bar. If the addressee can be identified as being encryption ready, and shaded yellow, then the absence of some could be highlighted. For example, we could shade those addressees with no encryption capability to purple. Such an option would suit my preferences; then I would turn off the checkbox to warn me of any shortfalls, as my most normal behaviour is to encrypt where I can and leave unencrypted where it is inconvenient. The few times I'm sending really sensitive stuff, I know what to do. iang

Duplicate of Core bug 135636?

Marking as a dup.