oh, I just remembered that NAi's Outlook plugin allows the user to
enable PGP/MIME reading support (we tested this a few weeks ago with
Outlkook Express). Unfortunately, with Outlook Express at least, we
weren't able to send PGP/MIME - but maybe with Outlook you can? Dunno.

Jeff

On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 10:16, Jason Frisvold wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 10:03, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 09:26, Jason Frisvold wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > >   I've been using Evolution for a short time now and it seems to be a
> > > great product.  I have a problem I would like to solve, though.  I use
> > > GPG to sign my emails.  I'd like to be able to sign them and have a user
> > > with a windows machine and PGP be able to verify the signature. 
> > > However, PGP doesn't seem to be able to recognize the GPG signature.
> > 
> > how so?
> 
> Well, we use Microsoft Exchange as the Mail server and Outlook as the
> client.  Outlook sees the message itself, but the GPG signature arrives
> as an attachment (signature.asc) ...
> 
> I have been very unsuccessful in forcing it to not attach...  I was
> under the impression that the signature should be ascii...  Any idea why
> it's showing up as an attachment?
> 
> > no, but what parameters would you call gpg with different from what we
> > already do?
> 
> Not sure yet ..  was wondering so I could start playing with the
> parameters in an effort to get this to work in an expected manner.
> 
> > we don't tell gpg to use any gpg.conf file, but gpg does still check
> > it's own config settings in ~/.gnupg/options if that is what you mean?
> 
> Yes, that's basically what I mean ...  Apparently GPG changed since
> 1.0.7 (which is what RH8.0 ships with) and is supposed to now use a
> gpg.conf file rather than options.  Although, it still read options if
> it's there...
> 
> > not really, no. other than "Always trust" which sends the --always-trust
> > option to gpg.
> 
> *nod*
> 
> > because gpg implements the Pretty Good Privacy specification. the name
> > wasn't chosen by which executable it runs, but rather the specification
> > it implements.
> 
> Oh, ok ...  :)  Was just curious...  You have a FAQ question explicitly
> stating that Evolution no longer supports PGP, but still call it PGP
> within the program ...  Just a little confusing...  I get the point of
> it though...
> 
> > Jeff
> 
> Thanks for the info ...
> 
> > -- 
> > ---------------------------
> > Jason H. Frisvold
> > Backbone Engineer
> > Penteledata Engineering
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > RedHat Certified - RHCE # 807302349405893
> > ---------------------------
> > "Something mysterious is formed, born in the silent void. Waiting alone
> > and unmoving, it is at once still and yet in constant motion. It is the
> > source of all programs. I do not know its name, so I will call it the
> > Tao of Programming."
-- 
Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
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