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Re: [openpgp] Put Signature in an Email's Header

Andrew Gallagher <andrewg@andrewg.com> Tue, 08 August 2023 17:09 UTC

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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:09:33 +0100
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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Put Signature in an Email's Header
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On 8 Aug 2023, at 15:08, Kai Engert <kaie@kuix.de> wrote:
> 
> This brings me to the following idea: Could we transport that new signature-header in the header area of an additional multipart/mixed layer?

I’d be wary of such a double-encapsulation, it feels fragile. Is there no way to do it using just one MIME layer?

A

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