signing + mailing lists

[David Champion]

On 2001.09.19, in <20010919110620.ABD6.ANDRIASH@telus.net>,
	"Nick Andriash" <andriash@telus.net> wrote:
> 
> I almost forgot to mention that the majority of Mail Clients out there
> cannot handle PGP/MIME, so your signatures comes as attachments that can
> be annoying to a lot of people. Is there any way you can turn PGP/MIME
> off when signing ML Postings?

I'd argue that if you believe that signing all your list mail serves
the purpose of encouraging signed messaging, a superior way of life,
then using PGP/MIME signing rather than "old-school" signing serves the
analogous purpose of encouraging a superior form of signing, and should
be equally respected.

A lot of mail clients still don't cope with *any* pgp signing format,
but that doesn't stop you from using one. Why should Mailer X's not
supporting PGP/MIME stop people from using that style?

Interoperability, you say? S/MIME, I reply.

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 -D.	dgc@uchicago.edu	NSIT	University of Chicago