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<p class=MsoNormal>The logic for sending and receiving encrypted and
unencrypted messages isn’t automatic in all cases. For example, the
“The following message received from XXXX was <i>not</i> encrypted”
messages from the system don’t spawn a private connection. The
biggest issue with these messages is that they are considered system messages,
not chat messages, so the window doesn’t blink or alert you in any
way. Therefore, entire conversations get missed because OTR isn’t
doing the job of establishing the connection right away. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Here’s the behavior of OTR in all of the scenarios
(first person is the sender):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>E-E – Both parties are encrypted, so there is no
problem<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>U-E – This gives out the “not encrypted”
message described above and does NOT auto connect<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>E-U – This gives out the “not expecting an
encrypted message” and does auto connect<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>U-U – Both parties are unencrypted, so there is no problem
(except for the unencryption)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Furthermore, the reason <u>why</u> these problems happen
also has to do with actions that don’t trigger OTR automatically, even
with the “Automatically initiate private conversations” option
turned on. Certain actions don’t do anything automatically, like:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Open new chat window – Does NOT auto connect (it may
say Private, but does NOT tell the other side)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Close chat window – Does auto disconnect (naturally),
but does NOT tell the other side<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Remote side logs off – Does NOT auto disconnects<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Remote side logs on – Does NOT auto connect<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>These desyncing problems are what cause the above issues in
the first place. Both should be tackled, but the latter would help out a
lot in fixing the former.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Making OTR work automatically when you tell it to work
automatically would make conversations painless. As it is now, this
“missing entire conversations” bug is causing a lot of grief.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--<br>
<span style='color:navy'>Brendan Byrd <</span></span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a
href="mailto:byrd.b@insightcom.com"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>byrd.b@insightcom.com</span></b></a></span><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>></span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<span style='color:#0000C0'>System Integration Analyst (NOC Developer)</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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