Email signature

David Shaw dshaw at jabberwocky.com
Thu Jun 11 15:32:12 CEST 2009


On Jun 11, 2009, at 6:32 AM, Rob Cilissen wrote:

> First of all: I like this email signing en encryption. But I have a
> "problem". No one I know uses PGP to sign mails. Now I don't want to  
> act
> as the cumputernerd and send everybody unasked signed mails and hope
> they also ara going to use PGP. Is there some subtile standard text/ 
> logo
> to add to your email signature where you can say: hey! I can use
> signing/encryption!
>
> Of course I can create something myself, but is there some standard?

I'm not sure it's exactly what you're looking for, but see: http://josefsson.org/openpgp-header/

That is more of a way to signal a compliant mail reader that OpenPGP  
is supported, and I think you're looking for a user-visible method.   
Nevertheless, it's well worth a read.

David




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