[mew-int 01120] Re: GnuPG clear-sign instead of PGP/Mime in Mew 3.0.67

[Alexandre Dulaunoy]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Kazu Yamamoto wrote:

> Hi Alexandre,
> 
> From: Alexandre Dulaunoy <adulau at example.com>
> Subject: [mew-int 01118] GnuPG clear-sign instead of PGP/Mime in Mew 3.0.67
> 
> > Is there a possible configuration in  Mew 3.0.x to make clear sign pgp
> > instead of the PGP/MIME signature ? 
> 
> The answer is NO. (However, C-cC-z in Summary mode verifies a clear
> signature.)
> 
> Some years ago, I proposed text/pgp to IETF, which contains a clear
> signature. This content-type maintains backward compatibility.
> PGP/MIME-aware mail readers can communicated with
> PGP-aware-but-MIME-unaware mail readers.
> 
> Majority of IETF guys rejects my proposal simply becase there is
> Multipart/Signed.
> 
> Years later, it appeared that many PGP users stick a clear signature
> and do not use Multipart/Signed. So, we are now living the mess world.
> Personally, I feel that the decision by IETF is a big mistake. I also
> disappointed that the majority guys do not take responsibility on the
> decision at all.
> 

  Yes,  this  is a  long-time  issue. Maybe  a  specific  type in  the
  Makefile like this :

  PGPRFCIGNORANT-CLEARTEXTSIG = 1

  To add the clear-text  possibility. The clear-text signature is also
  often used for software release and advisory release.

  If this  seems impossible (regarding the RFC  compliance) to include
  the clear-sign  in the main-branch, we  could work on a  patch to do
  that. Maybe somebody  on the list had already  done some work around
  that ?

  Thanks a lot. 

  Have a nice day. 

  adulau


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