At Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:01:16 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Anand Kumria"> > > - you mention removing PGP/GPG signatures. Why? I see many complaints > > about HTML formatted email but I've never seen any about signed email. > > They barf up quite a few mail programs, make things harder to read, etc. > They're not complained about because it would be uncool to diss signatures, > whereas posting in remarkably unmodern plain text is cool. [ Okay, I'm being > sarcastic. It's late in the afternoon. ]
i don't get this. surely signing email is a Good Thing for distributed communication, and thus SLUG should be setting an example and *encouraging* it. limiting email content to US-ASCII is simply not good enough for any worldly environment. for SLUG to promote such american-centric bigotry is inexcusable - hence SLUG /must/ promote MIME and encourage all mailing list members to seek MIME compliant MUAs. I see SLUG's place as providing a "best practice" example of how things Should Be Done. IMO, MIME and PGP are certainly a part of that. don't punish those who do the right thing. (aka "don't optimize for the failure case") -- - Gus
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