On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 10:00 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/07/07 09:49, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:41:35AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> No. It's *all* text. SMTP *only* handles text. > >> > >> The function of base64 (which MIME uses), uuencode and yenc is to > >> convert binary data into text. > >> > > I know it's all text. What I was trying to say (perhaps not clearly > > enough) is that perhaps the mail server has problems with attachments? > > At some workplaces the admins go completely crazy and do things like > > block out all attachments sometimes. > > > > That is why I made the distinction between inline GPG signatures and > > those attached as MIME encoded. > > Ah, ok. But that would imply virus filtering at the *source*. Do > any ISPs do that? Many still do. Scanning outgoing to "protect the world from those nasty GPG viruseseseses!" -- greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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