Chris wrote:
> Dropping from Inline to the above.  Below is a reply to me on the gnugpg ML:
>
> "I use PGP/MIME signatures, which Mutt tags as inline MIME elements
> following RFC 2183:
> - - - Schnipp - - -
> 2.1  The Inline Disposition Type
>
>    A bodypart should be marked `inline' if it is intended to be
>    displayed automatically upon display of the message.  Inline
>    bodyparts should be presented in the order in which they occur,
>    subject to the normal semantics of multipart messages.
> - - - Schnapp - - -
>
> So a smart mail handler (eg. a mailing list software) that does not
> know about PGP/MIME can at least gracefully fall back.
>
>
> KMail does not set this field for the signature (it does for the mail
> text), so this is a KMail bug. I'm not sure how receiving MUAs are
> expected to cope with a non-existing Content-Disposition field, but
> there is a hint in the RFC: "Unrecognized disposition types should be
> treated as `attachment'."
>
>
> Here is a rough outline of the MIME headers of our mails:
> - - - Schnipp - - -
> KMail, signed mail (ie. wrapper around mail text + signature):
> Content-Type: multipart/signed;
>     boundary="nextPart2829039.id6uN21AOM";
>     protocol="application/pgp-signature";
>     micalg=pgp-sha1
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
>     KMail, mail text:
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>     Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>     Content-Disposition: inline
>
>     KMail, signature:
>     Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
> - - - Schnapp - - -
>
> - - - Schnipp - - -
> Mutt, signed mail:
> Content-Type: multipart/signed;
>     boundary="CXFpZVxO6m2Ol4tQ"
>     protocol="application/pgp-signature";
>     micalg=pgp-sha1;
> Content-Disposition: inline
>
>     Mutt, mail text:
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>     Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>     Content-Disposition: inline
>
>     Mutt, signature:
>     Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
>     Content-Disposition: inline
> - - - Schnapp - - -
>
>
> So the only difference is KMail's redundant Content-Transfer-Encoding
> (which is 7bit by default anyway) and Mutt's Content-Disposition.
>
>
> In conclusion, use whatever works for you, but please try to get the
> KMail guys to add the Content-Disposition field by filing a bug with
> them (they may regard it as a feature request)."
>
> In reading this it appears as though Kmail is the actual problem, or am I 
> reading it wrong?
>
>   
Hum... Chris, my sigs are sent as attachement (pgp/mime) by the
Thunderbird's pgp extension (enigmail)... I send it this way because
users on doze don't like to see the pgp signature in the email... so...

Maybe you can see the source of this e-mail to validate?

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