Contributing to WINE

[Shachar Shemesh]

Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:

>One more thing: it's best if you can post plain text messages
>to the mailing list. Not HTML, or any other strange formats.
>Your message for example was in a weird format that's not
>supported by my mail program, and it caused me no end of grief.
>  
>
I guess it's not THAT weird. The message was signed using something 
called "comodo" (http://www.comodogroup.com). I believe the weird format 
is a result of the signing of the message.

I'm not sure how standard this format is, but Mozilla seemed to be able 
to cope with it, including verifying the certificate and the signature 
on the email.

Ronald, I think Outlook has an option of signing messages out of bound. 
This means that the message itself is sent as plain text, while the 
signature is sent as an attachment. This format is preferred for all 
recipients, as it requires less knowledge on the receiving side.

Also, bear in mind that in some countries digital signatures are legally 
binding. These include at least the US and Israel. This means that one 
can hold you to anything you say in any signed email you send. Add to 
the the fact that the email's date and subject is not signed, and that 
you sometimes want to answer an email with a simple "yes", and I'm not 
sure that signing each and every outgoing email is a very good idea.

             Shachar

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