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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 60341] pgp signatures in html mail don't work
From:       David Findlay <david () davsoft ! com ! au>
Date:       2003-07-01 2:46:24
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------- Additional Comments From david@davsoft.com.au  2003-07-01 04:46 -------
Subject: Re:  pgp signatures in html mail don't work

> ------- Additional Comments From kloecker@kde.org  2003-06-30 15:03 -------
> Sorry, but making KMail detect clearsigned text blocks which have been
> obscured with HTML tags is out of question (too complicated, too slow).
> Clearsigning was only invented as workaround for signing plain text (!)
> with non-MIME-capable email clients. MIME-capable email clients should use
> detached signatures for plain text and must use detached signatures for
> everything else (including HTML text).
>
> If you switch off HTML rendering then such messages (which also have a
> plain/text message part) will be correctly verified. But not the message
> you provided because this message isn't a clearsigned message. It's an
> unsigned message with a public key block. Maybe that's the real problem
> here.

Okay thanks. May I just go on the record in saying that I think personally 
that if there is data a program should try and fix it if at all possible. But 
that's just my view. Thanks for the great work!

David
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