From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: "Could not identify PKCS#7 type" error
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 21:59:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <iluzo9fzjd4.fsf@barbar.josefsson.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ey66c3sp3q.fsf@vsu.ru> (Vladimir Volovich's message of "Sat, 04 Aug 2001 21:37:45 +0400")
Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vsu.ru> writes:
> Hi,
>
> when viewing s/mime encoded messages, i (still) get an error
> "Could not identify PKCS#7 type". i traced the function
> mm-view-pkcs7-get-type and it appears that it looks for the regexp
>
> "0‚..\x06 \\*†H†В\x01\a\x03"
>
> but the buffer " *temp*" begins with
>
> "0€\x06 *†H†В\x01\a\x03"
Ah, of course, the regexp should cater for various BER length fields.
Does it work now?
> does this mean that the contents of the encrypted part is invalid, or
> the regexp is buggy?
>
> note that these encrypted s/mime messages are viewed fine with
> e.g. netscape, so it looks like a bug in gnus.
Yes, assume Gnus is buggy when S/MIME doesn't work (and please send a
bug report). It hasn't been tested much.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-04 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-04 17:37 Vladimir Volovich
2001-08-04 19:59 ` Simon Josefsson [this message]
2001-08-05 12:06 ` Vladimir Volovich
2001-08-09 19:41 ` Simon Josefsson
2001-08-06 19:41 ` David S. Goldberg
2001-08-07 10:32 ` Simon Josefsson
2001-08-07 18:16 ` David S. Goldberg
2001-08-04 17:41 Vladimir Volovich
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