> On Wed, 21 May 2008 11:41:45 -0400 > Twayne wrote: > > [snip] > >> >> Or the egos that wish to present them in such a style as to be a >> blank post on a newsgroup, with an attachment ... It's unnecessary, >> silly and keeps people from reading their posts, so if that's OK >> with them ... >> > > Dunno Twayne, looks to me like you are blaming people that use PGP. > PGP signed emails will get posted to this list - fact (irrespective > of the desirability).
In a way, yes, I'm blaming a few PGP users for improper usage of the methodology and for not knowing more about it. And yes, of course they be posted; I never said they didn't/wouldn't get posted. Just that some clients see them as blank posts with a file attachment. > > Somewhere between the list-server and you the email is getting munged > - also fact. No, not a fact. There is nothing going on enroute. OE and others like it, due to the PGP improper signature use, presents the posts as blank posts with a file attachment. OE CAN be tweaked to not do that, but then you give up some security, which I do not choose to do, and those less experienced should not try to mess with it. Since the issue at hand affects well over 90% of the people on the 'net, that in turn says it's going to look that way to a great many users here. Just simple statement of fact; if people choose to ignore or not research it to find out for themselves, that's fine. It's not near as big a deal as people are making of it; some folks will just bypass the posts and if that's acceptable ... > > I just wonder if you are looking at the correct place to remedy your > issue. You just bad-mouthed people that use PGP instead - sad > unnecessary fact. I don't have an issue. The only thing that got me interested in this was a subcomment in another thread that made me curious, so I looked into it. Prior to that, and since that little bit of research ended, I simply bypass blank posts with attachments. I don't really care whether anyone else cares about that or not, but I do tend to get involved whenever I see misinformation or think clarification of some points are in order. Both happened here. That said however, I'm tiring of the thread and will likely make this my last post to it. AFAIC everything has been said that needs being said. Parrots can parrot it, closed minds can flame it, and open minds can do the research and confirmation/clarifications on their own now; everything needed has been presented. I would however respond to serious OT marked posts for links to further information, clarification, whatever but that's as far as it goes now. Regards, Twayne --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
