how to beautify gpg+mutt

[Fafa Diliha Romanova]

hello

i'm a stupid newbie.

but i'm trying to get a decent gpg+mutt setup.

i've generated my public key but i think that signing using that
is a bad idea. people get confused, thinking they're attachments that
they are unable to open. besides, mutt gives them bad names like
untitled(2) or 1.dat.


1) what other options do i have for signing my messages? i like the
   way hushmail for instance signs my messages:

   btw this is a signature right ... not the public key?
   is it easy generating a signature?


   -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
   Hash: SHA1

   Example message

   -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
   Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify
   Version: Hush 2.4

   wkYEARECAAYFAkJEgdgACgkQgrhgoMygEH5zuACgoKvM67sQV6aVK+3oECyZvBMhjFQA
   oLwM/S0bteviF5SD5wNhBU3DULWs
   =cTDp
   -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


2) that looks, however, kinda messy.
   is it possible making my signature more good looking? like this,
   maybe, more consistent and solid?


   -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
   Hash: SHA1

   Example good looking message

   -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
   Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD)

   wkYEARECAAYFAkJEgdgACgkQgrhgoMygEH5zuACgoKvM67sQV6aV
   0bteviF5SD5wNhBU3DULWs0bteviF5SD5wNhBU3DULWs0bteviF5
   -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


3) the same applies to the end of my public key.
   it ends like this:

   EORr3YWE6W98CMw/QYpjTGmxOIhJBBgRAgAJBQJBgkwYAhsMAAoJEHhe0auuyFds
   WJsAni5+AYlGlvGI83Py3yBVTs7LL8ZOAJ9jhl7rS+NublDbxLGMeTL6MTxYIw==
   =+Wyz

   being very concerned about aesthetics, that orphan =+Wyz really
   bugs me. is there no way of telling gpg that i want clean slices?


*** here is my .muttrc pertaining to gpg:

source ~/.gpgrc

set pgp_replysign
set pgp_replyencrypt
set pgp_verify_sig=yes
set pgp_sign_as="AEC8576C"
set pgp_strict_enc

unset pgp_autosign
unset pgp_autoencrypt


*** and here is my .gpgrc:

set pgp_decode_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg %?p?--passphrase-fd 0? --no-verbose --quiet --batch --output - %f"
set pgp_verify_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --no-verbose --quiet --batch --output - --verify %s %f"
set pgp_decrypt_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --no-verbose --quiet --batch --output - %f"
set pgp_sign_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --no-verbose --batch --quiet --output - --passphrase-fd 0 --armor --detach-sign --textmode %?a?-u %a? %f"
set pgp_clearsign_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --no-verbose --batch --quiet --output - --passphrase-fd 0 --armor --textmode --clearsign %?a?-u %a? %f"
set pgp_encrypt_only_command="pgpewrap /usr/local/bin/gpg --batch --quiet --no-verbose --output - --encrypt --textmode --armor --always-trust -- -r %r -- %f"
set pgp_encrypt_sign_command="pgpewrap /usr/local/bin/gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --batch --quiet --no-verbose --textmode --output - --encrypt --sign %?a?-u %a? --armor --always-trust -- -r %r -- %f"
set pgp_import_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --no-verbose --import -v %f"
set pgp_export_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --no-verbose --export --armor %r"
set pgp_verify_key_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --verbose --batch --fingerprint --check-sigs %r"
set pgp_list_pubring_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --no-verbose --batch --quiet --with-colons --list-keys %r"
set pgp_list_secring_command="/usr/local/bin/gpg --no-verbose --batch --quiet --with-colons --list-secret-keys %r"
set pgp_good_sign="`gettext -d gnupg -s 'Good signature from "' | tr -d '"'`"


what am i missing out on?

i appreciate any help i can get ...

and i promise to remain in this community till i'm in you people's
shoes, so i can return this help to someone as dumb as me :)

best wishes,
-- fafa

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