Thomas Stivers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Sep 04 2004 at 05:54:24PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: >> <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > > Just out of curiosity what is the purpose of the line above? I have seen > it only on Paul's messages and it seems unnecessary.
It's an mml (MIME Meta Language) tag. Paul uses Gnus, which in turn uses Emacs' Message mode to compose messages. mml is a tagging language mecanism used by Emacs' message mode to convey meta-information internally to the MUA, mainly to compose mime messages. AFAICT, it shouldn't actually appear in the resulting message, instead it should be rewritten as some MIME stanzas - or, in this case, as an inline PGP sig I guess. To give you an idea of what use they are, if I want to encrypt a message I add an mml tag to it. The message only actually gets encrypted at the time I send it. This way, I can edit it without breaking the crypto. You can see it as a way to say "hey, MUA - remember to encrypt just before sending - but not now, it is too early". Signing, encrypting, attaching some file work this way in Gnus world. So what you see in Paul's messages looks to me like a leftover of a Gnus missetup[1]. Paul: You might want to investigate that. There are two issues that I can see: First, this mml tag shouldn't end up in the final message, should it ? Second, ISTR that PGP/MIME is recommended over inline PGP. The reason is that mail systems can handle reliably & automatically PGP/MIME signatures (handling being verify, strip, whatever). OTOH, they cannot with inline PGP. Regards, Footnotes: [1] Or, maybe, just maybe, some bug in Gnus. But as we all know, this fine piece of software is bug free, isn't it ?[2] [2] But then, with Gnus the difference between core Gnus code and personal configuration sometimes dims. That's half the fun with this MUA. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]