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Re: RFC 2015 (PGP/MIME) MTA compliance (was Re: Off Topic: Mailing Agents?)



On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:50:45PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 11:46:42PM +0200, Joost Kooij (joost@topaz.mdcc.cx) wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 01:16:50PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > > ...so, arguably, at worst a mail client should display the body of the
> > > message but treat the signature as an attachment.
> > 
> >  HA HA HA
> > 
> > People want to use their mail, not understand it.  It should be *easy*
> > to attach your personal documents to messages sent to addresses that
> > happened to be listed on a webpage you just visited.
> > 
> > Sigh, these unix people just don't get it, do they?  pgp/mime will never
> > work if users can't click on it to see what will happen next.
> 
> Could you translate that into English please?

I think he's making a joke at the expense of all the people who have
experienced the sircam worm.

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