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From: Robert Bihlmeyer <e9426626@stud4.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: gnus-treat-strip-pgp defaults to t
Date: 26 Jul 1999 13:31:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <lf4sirbqbd.fsf@mars.zserv.tuwien.ac.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Stainless Steel Rat's message of "Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:31:04 -0400"

Hi,

>>>>> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:31:04 -0400
>>>>> Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> said:

 Rat> PGP signature blocks are not readable by
 Rat> human beings.

The first line is, and makes the user aware that the message is
signed. Filtering the whole block does lose information.

 Rat> Therefore, as with the many headers that the
 Rat> average user has no need to see, PGP signatures are hidden by
 Rat> default.

Boring headers were always hidden, PGP sigs were not. I know that
boring headers are there on every message. I don't know if a message
was PGP-signed unless I try to unhide it on every message.

        Robbe

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  reply	other threads:[~1999-07-26 11:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-07-16 10:16 Robert Bihlmeyer
1999-07-16 20:31 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-07-26 11:31   ` Robert Bihlmeyer [this message]
1999-08-27 12:35     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-08-27 15:44       ` Toby Speight
1999-08-28  0:01         ` Stainless Steel Rat
1999-08-30  8:11           ` Jaap-Henk Hoepman
1999-08-30  8:20             ` Hrvoje Niksic
1999-09-25  6:32               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

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