On Thursday, 07.09.2000 at 13:40 -0500, David McNett wrote:
> ...
> When I hit 'y' to whoosh the mail out over the net, mutt then pulls up
> a key selection menu as follows:
>
> 1 + 1024/0x32513627 DSA -s Daniel A. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 2 + 4096/0x4B0D5093 ElG e- Daniel A. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 3 + 1024/0x32513627 DSA -s Daniel A. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 4 + 4096/0x4B0D5093 ElG e- Daniel A. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 5 + 1024/0x32513627 DSA -s Daniel A. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 6 + 4096/0x4B0D5093 ElG e- Daniel A. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Which, as you can see, are simply multiple identities all on the same
> key. There's really only one key there, so no matter which I select
> the end result is the same.
>
> The desireable behavior for mutt would be to detect when this is the case
> and simply select the single appropriate key from my keyring and only
> require user input when there is ambiguity.
Well, you've explained the problem better than anyone else, so let's
hope someone can come up with an answer ... !
BTW Anyone know if this matter has ever cropped up on the Mutt-Dev list?
Dave.
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Dave Ewart
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ICRF Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford UK
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