[plug] Temporary directorys

[proXy]

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 23:25, Brian Tombleson wrote:

> I actually agree with not sending HTML, but your own mail is sent in two
> parts using MIME enconding:
> 
> >Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
> protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-
> 
> The text part:
> >--=-kxoSREFrd0QZmD1a7ZHB
> >Content-Type: text/plain
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> 
> .. and the sig.
> >--=-kxoSREFrd0QZmD1a7ZHB
> >Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc
> >Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part
> 
> So using your client (Ximian Evolution 1.1.0.99 (Preview Release)) makes two
> attached files instead of an inline message in some other clients (like
> MS-OE).

You actually raise a valid point, Evolution does do signing in multipart
MIME. Thanks for reminding me of this.

> Signing messages is great when you have to technically identify who you are
> or the information contained within is imporntant enough to be sure it is
> transmitted without alteration, but since it makes quoting a nightmare and
> reading more difficult on a public list such as this one, most often I
> simply don't read your posts because they're too annoying to open. I suspect
> (but not sure) that if you didn't sign the messages then it wouldn't be
> encoded separately.

I actually sign messages for a reason. Some time last year there was
someone who deceided they would get me back by impersonating my email.
Because they use the same SMTP server it looked like it could have come
from me, and there was very little proof of who it was. That is the
reason I started using GPG to prove my identity. There are some issues
regarding GPG/PGP and the various ways of encoding. My email can be
varified in most clients, including Evolution and Mutt. There are issues
with Outlook as they ignore the RFC.

I apologise for signing my mail, but like I said, it is the only way to
prove my identity.

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