[Enigmail] Expect signature header proposal

[Eitan Adler]

John Clizbe wrote:
> Eitan Adler wrote:
>> Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>>> Eitan Adler wrote:
>>>> No: I have defined the problem as: "Enigmail doesn't give effective
>>>> warnings in the absence of an *expected* signature."
>>> And, as people have told you several times so far, there is no known way
>>> to convey an expectation of signature. 
>> A check box right under "allow remote images" part of the address book 
>> entry?
> 
> <sighhhhhh>
> 
> Congratulations. You've created YAABH - Yet Another Address Book Hack. They show
> up every now and then as "enhancements". They always have one little problem,
> they require so much effort and coordination among all the different parts of
> the Mozilla mail-news code that they cannot be extensions. They must be fully
> integrated into the application. They also require that Enigmail be fully
> absorbed into the core application.
> 
I was not aware of this.  Thanks for telling me.
[snip>
> However:
>     Folks on the list have told you it won't work.
True - but until now they didn't give me a good argument.
>     Enigmail team members have told you it won't work.
>     Enigmail's developer has told you it won't work.
True - although they *probably* misunderstood me.
> 
> Everyone has told you that your idea is unworkable, yet you refuse to listen or
> accept the fact.
I changed my idea once you pointed out the flaws.  So this is untrue.
> 
[snip]
> Come back when you've got an implementation of something that will turn years of
> communications security theory on its head.
Not if you even understood my idea.
  You'll need to surprise us, 'cause
> we won't be actively waiting for it.
> 
Right - now that you pointed the code complexity factor was much higher 
than originally anticipated...