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Re: ELM and PGP



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On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
liw>The problem with my signatures is the I'm using the new PGP/MIME
liw>draft-RFC, while elm probably only understands the older
liw>application/pgp proposal (or plain PGP messages). PGP/MIME separates
liw>the text and the signature in two different MIME parts. Among other
liw>things, this makes it possible to read MIME-typed PGP-signed messages
liw>with MIME-capable but PGP-uncapable readers such as Pine. Linus
liw>used to hate my mail before I started to use PGP/MIME. Another bonus
liw>is that it is possible to sign a multipart message (attachments),
liw>without making things unnecessarily complicated.

[Don't know how to display Application/PGP-SIGNATURE attachments. Try Save.]
so i should have this pgp-mime software to view u're pgp-sig?
and btw.
there are very good scripts for pine that filter the incoming mail and check
the sig, and decrypt . also there are scripts for outgoing mail to sign and
crypt.
take a look:
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Pretty Good Privacy(tm) 2.6.3ia+ - Public-key encryption for the masses.
(c) 1990-96 Philip Zimmermann, Phil's Pretty Good Software. 1996-03-04
International version - not for use in the USA. Does not use RSAREF.
Current time: 1996/09/15 23:24 GMT

File has signature.  Public key is required to check signature.
.
Good signature from user "Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cs.helsinki.fi>".
Signature made 1996/09/08 10:45 GMT using 1024-bit key, key ID 4CBA92D1

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thats one example of automatic sig check when viewing mail
(comp.os.linux.announce :)


___
Boris Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>
For pgp public key, e-mail me 
with subject "get pgp-key."
___
In Linux veritas


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