GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 224780
Encrypted & signed messages with GnuPG problem.
Last modified: 2009-08-15 18:40:50 UTC
Description of Problem: When a message is encrypted and signed with GnuPG, Evolution asks your passord to decrypt it, but it also seems to check the validity of the signature. So, if you haven't got the sender's public key in your keyring, you won't be able to read the message. An error appears (something like "sender identity could not be checked" - gnupg warning). Also, if you have the public key, there's no lock icon at the bottom of the e-mail, the signature is automatically checked and you won't be notificated.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 217540 ***
this is actually a gpg problem, nothing to do with evolution.