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From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/18] crypto: Test restore of cleartext index from
 stashed session keys
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Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> writes:

> If you've got a notmuch dump that includes stashed session keys for
> every decrypted message, and you've got your message archive, you
> should be able to get back to the same index that you had before.
>

Out of curiousity, have you given any thought to what happens when
someone sends a message with the same message-id but a different
session-key? it seems like the user can potentially lose access to the
encrypted message.