Hi Lupe, * Lupe Christoph <lupe@lupe-christoph.de> wrote: > Comparing the DSAs and reading how mutt recognizes a PGP signed message, > I found that only some DSAs from Martin Schulze have a Content-Type as mutt > wants it: > > Content-Type: application/pgp; format=text; x-action=sign -> PGP/MIME > Newer ones from him and all others have this: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -> old, deprecated format > Mutt *can* varify these, but only when told with (default) ESC P. And > this does not change the message, mutt will loose the info when it > leaves the mailbox. right. mutt doesn't change the mail but just verifies the message. > I'm wondering if there is a *technical* reason for not using > application/pgp in DSAs. If there isn't, I would like to ask the > security group to use that in order to make MUAs like mutt verify their > signatures automatically. There is a reason: Broken MUAs which still do not support PGP/MIME. > Yes, I know about the procmail hack. And I will set it up now. But for > the sake of people like me before I started to investigate this, I still > wanted to ask this question. This is a workaround, not a solution. The solution would be either to fix broken MUAs or to not use such broken MUAs. - Alexander
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