Re: why application/pgp; x-action=sign != application/pgp-signature ?

[Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>]

ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> writes:
> 
> > how to configure gnus so "application/pgp; x-action=sign" behaves like
> > application/pgp-signature ?
> > 
> > the former one looks like this :
> > 
> > <common headers>
> > Content-Type: application/pgp; format=text; x-action=sign
> > 
> 
> [...]
> 
> > 
> > is there something to configure out there or something to implement ?
> > 
> > the problem is that I don't have any problem to read the later one.
> > but I'm unable to read the former one. I need to save it to read it :(
> 
> What is the content of application/pgp, signed text or just signature?
> Where to find the specification?

well, I go to iana to find the specs about pgp, which refer to rfc2015
which only known about application/pgp-something. so, you are right and
the product I'm using seems to be wrong. maybe it is (always) using an
pre-standard. who knowns ?

the following message has been created using elm 2.4ME+PL77 which is a
popular UNIX mail reader/composer.
it may be reached at <URL:ftp://ftp.ozone.fmi.fi/KEH/>.
the maintainer seems to be <URL:mailto:hurtta+elm@ozone.FMI.FI (Kari Hurtta)>.
I'll contact him right now.

for instance, maybe you could add support for this kind of messages until
elm follow the right way ?

=== SIGNED ONLY ===
| From root Sun Jul 23 18:16:53 2000
| Return-Path: <root>
| Received: (from root@localhost)
|         by gits.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA18221
|         for \root; Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:16:53 +0200 (CEST)
|         (envelope-from root)
| From: Cyrille Lefevre <root>
| Message-Id: <200007231616.SAA18221@gits.dyndns.org>
| Subject: sample test
| To: \root
| Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:16:53 +0200 (CEST)
| X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL77 (25)]
| MIME-Version: 1.0
| Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| Content-Type: application/pgp; format=te8xt; x-action=sign
| 
| -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
| 
| sample text
| 
| -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
| Version: 2.6.3ia
| Charset: noconv
| Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later.
| 
| iQCVAwUBOXsohJV/BxPBZIw1AQHkEgP+KJpLSaZSHdpwqnoTBiSUwTLg+6zybcd6
| uA1DnMyljzPg+m1LYxUqAZgQMxITJvFhYGwVWR8TVVKUzUGq7vCBOmM58vkjwghR
| mjey++CANV5jLtZLuzfF+cxDkm0rtJiKz897OZ6+9PLyYEJGAV7Oa4JwADB9NkKp
| Ituxmqwvmm4=
| =v0HJ
| -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

=== ENCRYPTED ONLY ===
| From root Sun Jul 23 18:35:10 2000
| Return-Path: <root>
| Received: (from root@localhost)
|         by gits.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA18433
|         for \root; Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:35:10 +0200 (CEST)
|         (envelope-from root)
| From: Cyrille Lefevre <root>
| Message-Id: <200007231635.SAA18433@gits.dyndns.org>
| Subject: sample test
| To: \root
| Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:35:10 +0200 (CEST)
| X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL77 (25)]
| MIME-Version: 1.0
| Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| Content-Type: application/pgp; format=text; x-action=encrypt
| Status: RO
| 
| -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
| Version: 2.6.3ia
| Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later.
| 
| hIwDlX8HE8FkjDUBA/9ig7DLb1mO11jUFG+xl4rlu7mYnZhRGNCqqGD09xcqQx5a
| q4T17iInkvX7EfjiYvjQsMyPxrXV3weoSlJTHjxZH3ZWEyHkDNvt+djwV5THCNaB
| bEzNKGyahKea/xY33tiXffJqLNSF1pnmUPHjTKDt5g+ec4A7C0lO3NlxuHIJ8aYA
| AAA4jFUHP0BjZAcAWX8Y6slMFgFOLXOe3mcElT5HkSREmHL2AQJdm4Y+5XPs+/Y1
| B2qmSFYW0tzJL9I=
| =NyyX
| -----END PGP MESSAGE-----

=== BOTH ENCRYPED AND SIGNED ===
| From root Sun Jul 23 19:01:16 2000
| Return-Path: <root>
| Received: (from root@localhost)
|         by gits.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA18529
|         for \root; Sun, 23 Jul 2000 19:01:16 +0200 (CEST)
|         (envelope-from root)
| From: Cyrille Lefevre <root>
| Message-Id: <200007231701.TAA18529@gits.dyndns.org>
| Subject: sample test
| To: \root
| Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 19:01:16 +0200 (CEST)
| X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL77 (25)]
| MIME-Version: 1.0
| Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| Content-Type: application/pgp; format=text; x-action=encryptsign
| 
| -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
| Version: 2.6.3ia
| Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later.
| 
| hIwDlX8HE8FkjDUBA/4xpkqM4IYfrkf8bCdaJoLKK7wK33yOxSZwXGK92DoWNSN9
| P74qrFOEdZpf0A8Vp4nyZN+I/wtouKveH6ePugLBG+9pGd/Hgb5G/0E8UAc8D00A
| dDz0UhPXb8pGqVETF4pGzz1GvgksJcKHYN1Q6KXeLMNb6UHpod+0fR/aT/XJFaYA
| AADHFvPZ4ZUU66T/7/5qh20L4m/l5rDj+HndJSeOIcKCfBBNevtb92LrowLKwcJJ
| mM+d78mI5cQ6zSWX4Yiv+WdkacWbCcJDicbOVLWMF/M76c3+c5zTm8D/nr4j5oCX
| XPUYnOyopoGZuPVHmIFJbcPhCju6u2rUHkGl0g2wqPgEYsjnuii07Ndaz/54vEdZ
| qfal2VQ5JylO4D5Eu8+QzLQGgWfEuMUslGjz3rSIWviXhV4W8vVzOml/4QBH926p
| WJJCvVGIKFbr1Q==
| =U5H6
| -----END PGP MESSAGE-----

> The content of application/pgp-signature is just signature. Gnus just
> ignore it.  I don't think you want to ignore application/pgp.  Simply
> pressing `i' on the MIME button will show the content without saving
> it.

works great, thanks.

BCC hurtta+elm@ozone.FMI.FI

Cyrille.
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