On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 11:24:36AM -0400, Alex Miller wrote:
} Yes, the problem seems to be in the pane viewing. So, if using PGP-mime is a
} standard that is well-recognized and MS Outlook doesn't handle it properly,
} then it is an MS Outlook bug.
}
} But I'm really surprised that I haven't encountered this problem before? Are
} Chris and Mark the only folks out there using PGP? I subscribe to a lot of
} mailing lists, which get shunted off to various folders, so I recieve mail
} from literally thousands of users.
There are a couple of different ways that e-mail gets PGP signed.
PGP-MIME seems to be the more uncommon way, at least in the e-mail I
get. The usual way is to simply include the PGP signature in text at
the bottom of the message with some simple non-MIME delimiters around
the message (on this list Sam, if I remember right, signs his e-mail
in this way). Some software, like mutt, only does PGP-MIME signing.
Eudora can do it either way.
If you receive PGP-MIME mail using (Mac) Eudora, you get a little icon
instead of the message. You need to double click on the icon for
Eudora to check the signature and display the message (and then you
have to remember to drag the attachment to the Trash if you don't want
it lying around). The older format PGP signed mail simply displays,
and you need to go to extra trouble only if you want to verify the
signature.
}
} I haven't encountered the problem before so if it is strictly a MS Outlook
} inability to understand PGP-mime properly I would expect to see the problem
} in some significant percentage of emails I recieve, say 10%.
}
} But this is a very small percentage, I find it hard to believe that
} something as famous as PGP would be so underrepresented in all these mailing
} lists.
}
} Alex Miller
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