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Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's public key

Hanno Böck <hanno@hboeck.de> Fri, 11 December 2020 08:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: [openpgp] Combining signature with signer's public key
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:38:22 +0100
Kai Engert <kaie@kuix.de> wrote:

> However, I haven't heard complaints about the signature attachment - 
> which is shown by MUA that don't support OpenPGP. The signature 
> attachment appears to be less of a problem or confusion.

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.

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Hanno Böck
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