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Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com> writes:

>     JG> Is it possible to configure mailcrypt to use MIME attachments to sign
>     JG> and also to verify signed messages? IIRC, there's some RFC that says
>     JG> this is the correct way to use this kind of cryptography stuff...
> 
> OK, answering myself... I finally found the correct term to explain
> what I wanted... Under "Mailcrypt -> Limitations" info node, there is:
> 
>         _Detached Signatures_
>              Mailcrypt does not support the creation nor the verification of
>              detached signatures.
>...
> Is there an alternative program to use with GPG that groks detached
> signatures? 

Gnus in CVS support PGP/MIME.