Description of problem: I can't sign my mail. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.3.17-2.fc7 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Balsa 2. Select accounts options or something like that from Settings/Preferences menu. Help says there should be GnuPG signing options. Actual results: There's no such option in accounts options. Expected results: There is such option in accounts options. Additional info: Maybe it is a configure flag?
You're right, it is a configure flag. The Fedora package is built without GPGme support, so the page on the Identity dialog that offers signing and encryption options is currently omitted--creating an inconsistency with the help file. The "New message" window's "Options" menu also has signing and encryption items, which are also currently omitted when GPGme isn't included. Including those items even when they're not supported, but grayed out, would probably be less confusing--and more consistent with the help file.
But if I want to sing my mail with Balsa? Should I recompile mail? Ximian/Novell Evolution is less native than Balsa.
I guess it is then simplest to rename this bug as "[RFE] enable gpgme support"...
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(In reply to comment #2) > But if I want to sing my mail with Balsa? > Should I recompile mail? > > Ximian/Novell Evolution is less native than Balsa. Yes, you should reconfigure Balsa --with-gpgme. We've fixed Balsa so that, when configured --without-gpgme, the "Security" page is included in the "Identities" dialog, but all controls are grayed out and a footnote explains the situation.
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