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KMail would send OpenPGP emails unencrypted when using ‘Send Later’ (CVE-2017-9604)

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Jun 15, 2017

Using ‘Send Later’ in KMail with OpenPGP? Well, bad news: The messages would actually be sent unencrypted. KMail also wouldn’t warn you about the problem despite displaying security indicators in the composer window saying the email would be encrypted.

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