[NBLUG/talk] pgp/miME vs the world

[E Frank Ball]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 10:24:15AM -0700, augie wrote:
} -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
} Hash: SHA1
} 
} yesterday i tried signing my email/newsgroup messages with pgp/mime
} instead of plain-text signature because one of my friends complained it
} was hard to read through all the ascii signature stuff.

Two lines at the top of the message?  Life is tough.  If they don't want
to read the lines below you signature they don't have to.


} however i found out that when i used the pgp/mime signature people using
}  ms outlook express (and maybe other mua) couldn't read my newsgroup
} postings and email showed up as a confusing attachment.

I found one of your postings and the mime encoding is done correctly.
It looks fine using tin.  Their newsreader is broken.

However mime attachments are considered a major faux pas in most
non-binary newsgroups.

Just post as plain text.  Tell your friend to get a life.

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   E Frank Ball                frankb at efball.com