On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:57:19 +0000 Steve Engledow steve@offend.me.uk allegedly wrote:
On 20/01, mick wrote:
(Question to the list: Is there any point in my continuing to sign mail to the list if it is going to cause difficulty?)
Can anyone using gmail confirm that an attached signature (like the one on this email) causes any difficulties in reading the email?
Steve
I should have made it clear that the problem with Gmail (and similar systems) is most probably caused by the webmail interface, not by the SMTP/POP/IMAP service. You use mutt as your MUA, so I assume that you are picking up your mail using POP or IMAP and then reading it locally. Mutt can handle PGP/MIME (can't it?). Webmail interfaces have a problem with that.
So, my guess is that anyone using Gmail /without/ the crappy web interface may have less of a problem.
I'm pretty certain anyone who's interested in receiving signed email (I am) is likely to have ditched gmail for something more friendly so unless the answer to my question above is "holy crap, I can't even read this email" then I don't see a problem.
Spot the deliberate flaw in my test ;)
Yeah, well...... :-)
(And now I can see your X-Clacks header. Added by Mutt?)
Mick
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