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I think you're MUA is interpreting signed mail as simply a blank email with a text attachment (the PGP signed message). Many people on this list PGP sign their messages, so if your MUA is mis-interpreting these messages as text attachments, you need to either change MUA's or deal with it.
- --Ben
VB wrote: | NEVER open attachments | | | Isnt this what we have been taught? haven't we tried to pound this simple | rule into the heads of our users? Do we not practice what we preach? then | why do several users of this list only send messages and replies as | attachments? | I'm sure | [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nico Golde, Frank Knobbe, | et al have wonderful things to say and contribute great things to this list, | but i have never read anything they post because they post as attachments. | Yes, granted, they are .txt attachments but that is no excuse as it's just a | matter of time before they are exploited. In fact, they have been exploited, | one can pad spaces after the .txt to hide the true extension of a malicious | file. more .txt exploits are probably just around teh corner. | So, why do these folks post attachments? Why is this even permitted? I would | love to hear what these people have to say, but i cannot break my own rule | to find out. | | _______________________________________________ | Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. | Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)
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