Re: [Evolution] PGP and Evolution

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 19:55 +0100, Job 317 wrote:
> So what's the answer here. I had a simlar question yesterday. Are we
> supposed to just accept the fact that Outlook with PGP and Evolution
> with GPG don't play well together?

Outlook is broken.

That said, someone is working on a patch to allow Evolution to send clearsigned text bodies instead of following the IETF Standards for sending PGP signed email. However, it is a fair bit of work and he needs to finish the patch by Monday or it won't make it into 2.0.

I actually fail to see why people aren't complaining to Microsoft and/or NAi to fix their software to comply with the internet standards for this stuff. I mean, you are paying for their stuff, you aren't paying for Evolution :-)

Jeff

> JOB
>
> On  8-Jan-2004 18:59:16 +0100, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 06:17, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > > > There's a problem with GnuGP and Evolution: when I send a mail to
> a
> > > > friend, and this friend uses Outlook, the mail appears empty.
> > > > What can I do?
> > > 
> > > hi pablo,
> > > 
> > > evolution uses pgp/mime, means that the signature is attached as a
> seperate
> > > file ("signature.asc") to the message and that it is not put into
> the body of
> > > the message ("inline").
> > > micros~1 outlook and outlook express do not display your email
> "normally",
> > > but put your entire email into an attachment named "ATT00002.txt" or
> something
> > > like this - perhaps your friend did not see the attachment (can
> happen very
> > > quickly when using outlook, imho).
> > > 
> > > it seems that there doesn't exist another solution than whether not
> signing
> > > your outgoing emails by evolution or your recipient's using another
> > > standards-supporting email program or complaining to micros~1...
> > > 
> > > take a look into the archives at
> > >
> <http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2002-December/024141.
> html> or
> > >
> <http://www.mail-archive.com/evolution lists ximian com/msg00420.html>,
> for example, if you are interested in
> > > more...
> > > 
> > > cheers,
> > > andre
> > 
> > Folks, we use here outlook97, outlook2000, outlook (XP) and they all
> can
> > see my e-mail I send from Evo. The signature file is just an
> attachment
> > with .asc
> > 
> > I think I remember having seen a problem when using richtext in
> outlook
> > since that comes up with and ATT00002.txt attachment or similar.
> > Unfortunately, I do not have the time to research, but I am sending
> > signed business e-mails from Evo around the world. 80% + of the
> > recipients are using Outlook xx.
> > 
> > Tom
> >

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Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
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