Stephen Henson via RT writes:

> The S/MIME utility uses S/MIME v2 (PKCS#7) which are both rather ancient and
> S/MIME v3 (CMS) is preferred.
> 
> CBC mode is all that is supported for S/MIME. Traditionally there were two
> algorithms supported for S/MIME v2 40 bit RC2 and triple DES. For maximum
> compatibility I'll change the default to triple DES.

Wow, I didn't realize that.  That sounds like the best choice under the
circumstances!

(Are non-CBC modes supported in S/MIME v3?)

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