Re: MIME-PGP

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Florian Weimer <fw@s.netic.de> writes:

> - encoding: provide a hook which allows to generate MIME multiparts
>   based on the encoded version of the contained parts.  This means that
>   you can write (had to fake it a bit, so that Gnus groks it ;):
> 
>     | <# multipart type=signed>
>     | This is a signed multipart.
>     | <# part type="text/plain" filename="~/file2"
>     |   disposition=attachment description="signed attachment">
>     | <# /part>
>     | <# /multipart>
> 
>   ...and Gnus will do the necessary work automatically when you send
>   the message.

This sounds good.

> - decoding: do all verification and decryption during the dissection
>   phase (don't defer it until the article is actually displayed; an
>   appropriate hook is required, of course).

This doesn't, really.  For instance, I would guess most users will
want to see the message whether it can be verified or not, and there
should be some user interface thing to the verification.  For
decoding, the user may have to type in a password or the like, and
that can't take place during dissection, since that's supposed to
happen at a very low level.

> > Well, why not just quote the "\nFrom " lines before calling the
> > qp-encode function?  It seems like a cleaner way to do this.
> 
> Eh, I don't see how this could work.  If a s/^From /From=20/ is done
> before qp-encode is called, wouldn't this result in `From=3D20'?

Yes.  So quote the "\nFrom " lines after encoding, then.  :-)

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