Re: [orca-list] Begin PGP-signed message?

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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That depends on the e-mail client.  I couldn't begin to tell you the
manual instructions with gpg; you probably would have to pipe the
message out to gpg with some command-line options.  Mutt integrates
this so well, that it automatically verifies every signed message that
I read.  I just see a letter 'S' on the status line that implies that
the message was verified and unchanged.  You can also press a function
key in mutt to actually verify manually if needs be and then you will
see a message displayed that confirms this.

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 08:37:41AM -0700, Tj wrote:
> It does.  How would I varify a signature is correct? 
>
>
>  
> Tj Squires
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
> Behalf Of Luke Yelavich
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:32 AM
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Begin PGP-signed message?
>
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 03:46:59PM CET, Tj wrote:
> > Hello,
> >  
> > I just have to ask, and i know this is horriblyoff topic, however, 
> > here goes anyhow.  I've noticed people writing emails that would ave:
> > "Begin PGP signed message" and "Begin PGP signature" at the top and 
> > bottom of their emails respectively.  I've done some research and know 
> > what it means, however, I'm curious as to which email clients do that?
>
> There are two ways in which one can GPG sign their messages. Either with a
> separate signature file which is attached to the mail, or inline, i.e the
> signature is in the body of the email itself. The reason why some people
> sign their messages with an inline signature is because its more compatible
> with more email clients. I for one thing, have found that if I sign my
> messages with a separate attached file containing the signature, some brain
> dead email clients, (Microsoft mail clients I'm looking at you), don't
> display the mail correctly to the user. The user sees a text file plus the
> signature file.
>
> As for supporting mail clients, just about all Linux email clients support
> GPG signing, either directly, or through installable plugins/extensions for
> the client. I also believe one can get plugins for Windows email clients to
> also GPG sign messages, although I have never looked much into this myself.
> I also believe a plugin can be obtained for Apple mail to GPG sign messages.
>
> Note that if an email client can support signing of messages, it can also
> help you verify that a signature on an email message is correct.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Luke
>
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