From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 16 19:06:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17082 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:06:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA17074 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 02:06:06 GMT (envelope-from andrew@zeta.org.au) Received: from gurney.reilly.home (d24.syd2.zeta.org.au [203.26.11.24]) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA11907; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:01:57 +1000 Received: (from andrew@localhost) by gurney.reilly.home (8.8.8/8.8.5) id JAA06772; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:15:32 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Reilly Message-Id: <199804162315.JAA06772@gurney.reilly.home> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:15:31 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Digitally Signed Messages (Re: HEADS UP: CAM cutover in two wee ks.) To: grog@lemis.com cc: reilly@zeta.org.au, hetzels@westbend.net, michael_class@hp.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980416162753.I1090@freebie.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 16 Apr, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thu, 16 April 1998 at 10:05:20 +1000, Andrew Reilly wrote: >> On 15 Apr, Scot W. Hetzel wrote: >>> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 >>> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 > > Just because it's Outlook? No. I've never used Outlook, but I've been biassed against Microsoft's e-mail products by the obnoxious things all of the previous versions have done to me over the years. My original comment was intended to suggest that a mailer that did not handle digital signatures in a way that is convenient for the recipient must be broken by design. Note that convenient handling can legitimately include ignoring it altogether, or tagging it as an unrecognised MIME attachment. -- Andrew "The steady state of disks is full." -- Ken Thompson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message