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Clarify different ways of finding Autocrypt Setup Message.
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azul committed Nov 7, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -817,12 +817,20 @@ a different Autocrypt-capable MUA in the future.
Setup Message Import
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An Autocrypt-capable MUA SHOULD support the ability to wait for and
import an Autocrypt Setup Message when the user has not yet configured
Autocrypt. This could happen either when a user of an unconfigured
Autocrypt MUA decides to enable Autocrypt, or the MUA could
proactively scan the MUA's mailbox for a message that matches these
characteristics, and it could alert the MUA if it discovers one.
An Autocrypt-capable MUA SHOULD support the ability to find and import
an Autocrypt Setup Message when the user has not yet configured
Autocrypt. An MUA could look for such a message in several ways,
including:

* If the user decides to enable Autocrypt for an account, and
indicates to the MUA that an older MUA has already enabled
Autocrypt on that account, the new MUA could ask the user to
generate an Autocrypt Setup Message from the old MUA, and then wait
(e.g., via :rfc:`IMAP IDLE <2177>`) for such a message to arrive.

* The MUA could proactively scan the account's mailbox for a message
that matches these characteristics, and it could alert the user if
it discovers one.

If the MUA finds an Autocrypt Setup Message, it should offer to
import it to enable Autocrypt. If the user agrees to do so:
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