[OTR-users] Is there any way to prevent the "You attempted to send an unencrypted message" dialog?

[Ian Goldberg]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 04:30:12PM -0500, Jason Cohen wrote:
> (user sends message)
> Setup Key Exchange
> If ok, send message encrypted
> If fail, tell user that the message was not sent + recipient does not
> have OTR installed and can't setup private communications. 

But this is the problem: how do you tell when "fail" happens.  If the
other guy's not running OTR, nothing will ever come back.  If he *is*
running OTR, but doesn't yet have your fingerprint, you'll only get
something back after the other guy has accepted your fingerprint.  This
can be an arbitrary amount of time, so a simple timeout won't really
work.

   - Ian