From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/49352 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kirk Strauser Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: What method do *you* use for signing Usenet posts? Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:26:57 -0600 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87d6mtf3tq.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042997207 10457 80.91.224.249 (19 Jan 2003 17:26:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:26:47 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18aJDZ-0002iW-00 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 18:26:46 +0100 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 18aJE8-0008Rh-00; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:27:20 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:28:16 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA21135 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:28:05 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from pooh.honeypot.net (pooh.honeypot.net [10.0.5.128]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0JHR4JF030158 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:27:04 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Original-Received: from pooh.honeypot.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pooh.honeypot.net (8.12.7/8.12.7/Debian-2) with ESMTP id h0JHR3ZI007848 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:27:03 -0600 Original-Received: (from kirk@localhost) by pooh.honeypot.net (8.12.7/8.12.7/Debian-2) id h0JHR2iw007847; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:27:02 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: pooh.honeypot.net: kirk set sender to kirk@strauser.com using -f Original-To: ding@hpc.uh.edu Original-Lines: 23 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:49352 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:49352 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've recently switched to Oort and PGG and have started signing all outgoing messages. I hadn't realized that people in some Usenet groups were going to get seriously upset at my usage of PGP/MIME signatures ("Ack! You're sending us viruses!"). Now, I have every intention of continuing to sign my mail and postings, but need some advice. What method of signing should I use? I see three problems: 1) Some people freak out when they see attachments (silly Outlook Express users. :) ). 2) Some mailers and newsreaders freak out when they see attachments ("Hey, I know, I'll just display a blank message!"). 3) Some people freak out when they see plaintext signatures inserted at the end of an email message ("Your computer must be broken because I couldn't read that last part of your email."). Has anyone found a way to peacefully co-exist with people who get upset when they see something they don't understand? =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+Kt/m5sRg+Y0CpvERAn/2AJwP4Oh6tAj5NZ1/K/0ol01Vpfs8DACeKCMm TNmHxLOJdsitIYL3Wp5QzZI= =Sdh7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--