GPG signatures and list mail

Adam Voigt adam at kotisprop.com
Thu Apr 1 15:07:15 UTC 2004


Well it's easier to use a deprecated method that still works, then to
try and convert people to using a different email client (even if they
should).


On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 09:59, Charles Curley wrote:
> 
> > However, the solution is to "clear sign", or "inline sign" your
> > message, so the little header and footer for GPG come in the actual
> > email message body. 
> 
> Incorrect. This method is depricated, and has been since
> 1996. According to the mutt FAQ:
> 
>   "That user is using obsolete and broken software. PGP/MIME is the
>   only way to use PGP with email that is actually specified (RFC 2015)
>   and not some proprietary ad-hoc crap. Tell that other user to get
>   rid of his legacy crap mail software and install standards compliant
>   software. RFC 2015 is from 1996, by the way, so no mail software
>   author can say he didn't have enough time to implement this."
-- 

Adam Voigt
adam at kotisprop.com






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