[Enigmail] Expect signature header proposal

[Phil Stracchino]

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John W. Moore III wrote:
> Eitan Adler wrote:
> 
>> Even if it is not a header there should be some way to enable/disable a
>> "unsigned message" notice per user.
> 
> Er....  At the risk of sounding rude & 'short' I'd like to point out
> that there is such a 'feature'; it is called the practice of 'due
> diligence' on the part of the Message Recipient.  If Bob 'Signs' /every/
> Message and Alice fails to notice/observe that a Message "from Bob" is
> un-Signed prior to taking action on the contents of said Message without
> confirming with Bob then the 'negligence' rests with Alice.  Period!

I'll see your "due diligence" and raise you one "attentional blindness".
 "Due diligence" at the zero-errors level is something that very few, if
any, human beings are *capable* of maintaining all day, every day.


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