thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
PGP/MIME subjects from Thunderbird are not decrypted/shown
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Description
Describe the bug
The actual subject of a PGP/MIME message (as sent by Thunderbird 78.6) is not decrypted and shown in the message list or message display.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Send an encrypted message to yourself in Thunderbird with a descriptive subject.
- Use K9 to view the message list for that account.
- Open the encrypted message in K9.
- Return to the message list and find the encrypted message again.
- Note that subject fields in all views contain only "...".
Expected behavior
After the message is opened the subject encrypted in the PGP/MIME multipart message should be displayed in both the list and the message itself, similar to what's done for messages sent by K9 itself.
Environment (please complete the following information):
- K-9 Mail version: 5.727 (from F-Droid)
- Android version: 10
- Device: Pixel 2 XL
- Account type: IMAP
Additional context
This may be related to this pull request; a comment there (from two years ago) says it's not on the Play Store yet, but I suspect that's out of date.
Looks like turnabout is fair play, in that Thunderbird can't read subjects encrypted by K9 either.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue by sending a self-addressed encrypted PGP/MIME message from Thunderbird 78.6, then inspect the Android app's PGP/MIME message handling and subject display paths. Done means the decrypted subject appears in both the message list and message view after opening, as it does for messages sent by K-9 Mail.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100