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

[Kai Engert <[e-mail]>]

On 11.12.20 11:14, Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:03:44 +0100,
> Wiktor Kwapisiewicz wrote:
>> On 11.12.2020 09:58, Hanno Böck wrote:
>>> FWIW I have heard lots of complains about the signature attachment,
>>> which is why I stopped sending signed emails by default a long time ago.
>>
>> Too bad signatures cannot be put into headers (just like DKIM
>> signatures). That would not confuse people (because they generally
>> don't inspect headers) while providing necessary info for clients that
>> understand them.
> 
> When you say cannot, I think you mean there is no standard to so.
> Technically, I think, it is possible, and it is a neat idea.

It's a nice idea, but it's also new, so it's not practical as the single 
mechanism to use in the immediate future.

Preserving compatiblity with a majority of existing implementations is a 
high priority for me, and using the gpg-keys attachment mechanism seems 
best to achieve that.

Kai