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On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 dme@dme.org wrote:

> * jas@extundo.com [2001-11-13 21:52:16]
> > Also, the buttons create false security.  I posted a mail to this
> > list that showed PGP buttons that said the message verified OK, but
> > I created them using ^H which Gnus bolidifies.  Whatever the
> > mechanism will be, the article buffer is the wrong place for it.
> 
> How about a background pixmap which indicates the verification state
> of text ?

Then I'll just send a text/html mail with the pixmap as background.  The 
article buffer can't be used securely for this purpose.

The modeline is perhaps a good place, if we can get a nice icon that says
"Signature Good", "Signature Bad", "Signature OK but sender
unknown/untrusted".  Any takers?