Re: [Evolution] OpenPGP/GPG inline message support

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

yep.  its still not supported.

On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 09:03 -0500, Brian G. Peterson wrote:
> I'm writing to inquire after the status of inline OpenPGP support in
> Evolution.  Google and the archive for this list (and my current
> experience with Evolution) seem to indicate that inline OpenPGP messages
> are *still* not supported.
>
> inline support is required for full OpenPGP standards compliance, and
> almost all OpenPGP compliant mailers offer some support for inline
> encryption and signatures, if only on decrypt/verify.
>
> The current draft OpenPGP RFC (RFC2440bis) will almost certainly contain
> additional implementation details to make it easier for users to
> indicate in thier keys which mail format that they wish others to use
> when communicating with them.
>
> RFC 3156 (OpenPGP/MIME) neither obsoletes nor modifies RFC 2440, but
> rather offers a complimentary implementation of RFC 2440, and could be
> said to extend that standard.
>
> The fact is that inline support is required for the largest
> interoperability, and is not hard to implement.  Not supporting it
> causes huge interoperability problems with Microsoft's Outlook products,
> and with many versions of Commercial PGP.
>
> I'd love an update on the status of inline support.
>
> Regards,
>
>    - Brian Peterson
>      lead developer, GPG Plugin for Squirrelmail
>      participant, IETF OpenPGP working group
>
>
> Ref:
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2440.html
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-openpgp-rfc2440bis-10.txt
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3156.html
>
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Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com> Ximian Evolution and Free Software Developer

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