Charles Lincoln at 2002-08-21 18:34 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>With increasing frequency I've been getting email with "signature.asc"
>attachments. It is one thing to put up with the nuisance of deleting
>attachments, but another to find that the computer now thinks that file
>is the TexEdit+ application (and of course double clicking a TexEdit+
>document leads to a whole new set of aggravations).
>
>Can someone explain what these are and, more importantly, how to filter
>them out?
"signature.asc" is the portion of the email that carries the electronic
signature - so that you can know it is from who it claims to be. Methods
of electronically signing (and encrypting) email (and other electronic
files) include:
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) formerly owned by NAI, now an independent
company (thank God)
OpenPGP ("open" version of above)
GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard) another "open" version of PGP
this is the electronic equivalent of putting your "John Hancock" on a
paper document.
Other files that you may see carrying electronic signatures include:
Enclosed -- typically a plain text file (owned by SimpleText)
smime.p7s -- which MacOS thinks is a "keychain"
of course, all these are useless to anyone who does not have the
appropriate software (e.g. PGPkeys).
As for automatically getting rid of them, I'll leave that to the
AppleScript experts.
>Enlightenment appreciated.
>
>- Charlie
>Portland, Oregon USA
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