chatmaild: allow echobot to receive unencrypted messages by default

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 - filtermail: allow partial body length in OpenPGP payloads
   ([#570](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/570))
 
+- chatmaild: allow echobot to receive unencrypted messages by default
+  ([#556](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/pull/556))
+
+
 ## 1.6.0 2025-04-11
 
 - Handle Port-25 connect errors more gracefully (common with VPNs)

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/user.py

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class User:
             if not self.addr.startswith("echo@"):
                 logging.error(f"could not write password for: {self.addr}")
                 raise
-        self.enforce_E2EE_path.touch()
+        if not self.addr.startswith("echo@"):
+            self.enforce_E2EE_path.touch()
 
     def set_last_login_timestamp(self, timestamp):
         """Track login time with daily granularity