Problems with an expired key...

[L. Sassaman]

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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Werner Koch wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, L. Sassaman wrote:
> 
> > > around. Why can't GPG select the version of a public signature that
> > > has not expired?
> > 
> > It ought to. Ask Werner.
> 
> Seems that there is really a bug with expired keys.  I'll look into
> it.
> 
> > It is my opinion that PGP/MIME should not exist. Most of the list members
> > probably dislike it as well, though I doubt many share my extreme hatred
> > for it. ASCII-Armored messages are good.
> 
> <holywar>
> RFC2015 is an Internet Standard, so that should be used.  It has many
> advantages over the old ascii armor.  It is the only way to sign or
> encrypt MIME mails - or do you still want to use uuencode?
> </holywar>

I'll concede that it is useful for encrypting MIME emails. But what is the
point in usung PGP/MIME when you are sending non-MIME email?

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L. Sassaman

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