Automatically fetch PGP keys from key servers
Now that Mozilla Thunderbird started providing full PGP support, I guess ProtonMail (as well as any other actor on the private mail scene) should start making life easier for those who want to communicate through PGP while keeping their address.
This means that ProtonMail should be able to automatically fetch from keyservers the PGP public keys liked to an email address right in the moment when the address is typed in the TO field of the composer, even if it's not in the user addressbook already.
Is there any chance this basic feature will be added?
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John commented
In case there are several possibility, the fetched public keys should be displayed in a sort of drop-down menu, with their respective fingerprint, so that the user be able to select which one they want to use, with some switch to choose between "use this public key for this email only" or "always use this public key from now on with this recipient".
It seems easy to implement as I do it manually with two simple gpg commands in a terminal. However, needing to open a terminal or key management app to do it manually, then download and export the key, to then open the contact advanced details (sometimes after having to create the contact) and upload the key is a very tedious process. Especially if you need to do it often or in bulk.