Most US Government organizations do not put the email address where Thunderbird expects, thus, I can not import a government certificate and encrypt email to the sender. The email address is actually kept in the Subject Alternative Name: email: field. for example:
```
X509v3 Extended Key Usage:
E-mail Protection, 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.12, 1.2.840.113583.1.1.5
X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
email:some.one@someorg.gov
X509v3 CRL Distribution Points:
Full Name:
```
A normal certificate from ssl.com or where ever you get your smime certs from, the email address is listed in the Subject and the SAN.
The enhancement would allow a user to sign and encrypt emails to the 3 million US Government workforce.