Compatibility with PGP

[Brian Galbraith]

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Hi

I have been trying to gain backward compatibility with some older
versions of PGP and I installed the rsa and idea extensions over the
week end, so that I could (hopefully) communicate with users of PGP
2.6.x.

I have come across a few problems.

I have a Linux system, and I use Kmail and Geheimnis. Kmail has a PGP
link so  I use PGP5.0i to automatically verify and decrypt messages
when they are opened. PGP is buggy and less flexible than GnuPG, so I
use GnuPG to sign and encrypt all of my outgoing messages.
I also have a Windoze system with Eudora and PGP 6.0.2ckt.

This set up has worked very well, and I have had no problem with DH/DSS
keys.

However things do no work so well when using RSA.

I will list the combinations and permutations.

1) RSA Sign.....Signature good on PGP 5.0, 6.0.2, and 2.6.3

2)RSA Encrypt ....Decryption by PGP 5.0, and 6.0.2 but not by 2.6.3

3)RSA Sign and Encrypt...... PGP5.0 decrypts, but can find no signature.
		                 PGP2.6.3 finds a signature but can not
                                                      decrypt.
		                 PGP6.0.2.  Error Detached signature.
				No call back,
		                Nothing happens.
Needless to say...all functions are OK when GnuPG is used for
signing/encryption/verification/decryption.But then not everyone uses
GnuPG!
Does anyone have any comments or suggestions as to how I can get round
this problem?

Regards
Brian
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