From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 20:57:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F72716A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:57:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-in.m-online.net (svr8.m-online.net [62.245.150.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BBC43F93 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:57:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from h@schmalzbauer.de) Received: from mail.m-online.net (svr14.m-online.net [192.168.3.144]) by svr8.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B2551254; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:57:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from cale.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de (ppp-62-245-232-97.mnet-online.de [62.245.232.97]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C81519CE1; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:57:45 +0100 (CET) From: Harald Schmalzbauer To: "Minnesota Slinky" , "'Gregory Sutter'" , "'SWIT'" Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:57:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <000c01c3af1e$b42e9fe0$6801a8c0@Nomad> In-Reply-To: <000c01c3af1e$b42e9fe0$6801a8c0@Nomad> X-Birthday: 06 Oktober 1972 X-Name: Harald Schmalzbauer X-Phone1: +49 (0) 163 555 3237 X-Phone2: +49 (0) 89 18947781 X-Address: Munich, 80686 X-Country: Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_InEv/OqNLREpMwX"; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200311200557.45071@harrymail> cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCO going after BSD??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 04:57:56 -0000 --Boundary-02=_InEv/OqNLREpMwX Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 20 November 2003 05:28, Minnesota Slinky wrote: >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gregory Sutter > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:39 PM > To: SWIT > Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: SCO going after BSD??? >=20 > On 2003-11-19 20:11 -0500, SWIT wrote: > > is this a unix thing or what. > > many times i get messages from the list were the message is an > attachment > > and not in the email. > > was curious as to why. >=20 > The messages you see as attachments are messages that have been PGP > signed to prove their authenticity. The problem is with Outlook > Express. Not only does it fail to support PGP/MIME (many programs > don't support PGP/MIME and still can display PGP signed email > correctly), but it is actually broken. Outlook Express ignores the > following MIME headers in the message: >=20 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Diso-8859-1 > Content-Disposition: inline >=20 > These headers show that the part is not an attachment but should be > displayed inline, and that it contains pure text that doesn't need a > special handler to be displayed. Why Outlook Express fails to > recognize this, and why Microsoft fails to issue a patch to fix the > problem, is unknown. >=20 > [ > Response paraphrased from: > http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2003-September/020155.html > ] >=20 > Greg > --=20 > Gregory S. Sutter Fighting ignorance since 1975! > mailto:gsutter@zer0.org (It's taking longer than I thought.) > http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org >=20 >=20 > I talked to a couple of people who do beta testing for Microsoft and > they said the issue came up a few years ago. According to them (one > being my father), it has to do with security and virus protection. Yea, of course I undertand that they're concentrating on text/plain viruses= =2E=20 =46irst they have to get this problem fixed, then they'll perhaps have a lo= ok=20 at executables. And if they make bulbs, darkness will be standard... SCNR =2DHarry P.S.: Please always answer above signatures. Good MUAs will strip them when= =20 quoting so everybody has to change settings to be able to answer! > Again, this is second-hand, so take it for what it's worth... >=20 > Eric F Crist > President > AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc > (952) 403-9000 >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 >=20 --Boundary-02=_InEv/OqNLREpMwX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/vEnIBylq0S4AzzwRAsPOAKCQOKElRg80HMAPKGc8PWFQ9scAEQCfQ/3N MaIip9GAnKlXLBQ263V8q7E= =Hb8d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_InEv/OqNLREpMwX--