Re: What method do *you* use for signing Usenet posts?

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Andreas Fuchs <asf@void.at> writes:

> I wonder - why does the user have to decide such things? Would it not
> make more sense to just specify the method and let gnus itself figure
> out whether it should use mime or not (i.e. if there is a mime part, use
> detached signatures, if not, use plain pgp)?

The user will ultimately have the control, but suggesting a useful
default would be good.

OK, what about a setting that makes Gnus always use the sign/encrypt
style of the original message?  It shouldn't be PGP specific, but
support S/MIME too, of course.

Another setting would be to make Gnus always sign outgoing mail using
the "most appropriate" setting.  The most appropriate setting would be
configurable, using a predicate like '(if multipart "pgpmime" "pgp")'
or "smime" or whatever the user prefers.

Making a variable that makes Gnus sign/encrypt outgoing mail based on
a regular expression matching the recipient is more tricky -- what to
do when several recipients are specified, and only one match?  Ideally
one unsigned and one signed message should be sent, to the appropriate
recipients, but there is no framework for this right now AFAIK.