On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 06:40:55AM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 01:50:26AM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 05:48:42PM -0400, ScruLoose wrote: > > > A properly designed program *even if it doesn't know PGP* will just > > > display the message text, leaving the signature alone it its own > > > attachment. > > > > And a decent client that does understand PGP will do the same if you > > tell it to, so you don't have to be encumbered with it if you don't > > want to be. > > Alan's complaints here are very curious as his headers indicate he uses > mutt. Which was designed as a reference RFC 2015 implementation by > Michael R. Elkins, specifically to provide PGP signature and encryption > support.
I found Alan languishing in the news gateway trying to post a useful pointer in response to someone on the list. I pointed out to him that this is a mailing-list and to post to the list if he wanted his posts to be seen. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200307/msg02923.html > Similarly, Alan's mail configuration breaks threads for some reason. Yes well, he and I were both curious about reading the gateway using a newsreader (slrn) and responding to the list using an MUA (mutt). http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200307/msg03153.html It turns out that the References: and Message-ID: headers are rewritten by the news gateway. I have since discovered that threading can (hopefully) be preserved by copying the News gateway headers, X-Original-References: -> References:, and X-Original-Message-ID: -> Message-ID: . This is a horrible, clunky process and I think it is far better to subscribe to the list if posting often. Veering [further] off-topic, I notice that at least one other person has posted a genuine question to the News gateway in the last few days (the person was admirably helped by someone else reading and posting to the gateway). I guess it is non-obvious to some people grazing Usenet that the gateway is meant to be RO. I am wondering if a post to the gateway could be automated to go out every week or two just to clarify this to the Usenet denizens (who may have legitimate questions for the list)? It could say something like: This is intended to be a Read-Only gateway to Usenet News of the debian-user mailing-list. People who wish to post to this list should send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "subscribe", and then post to the list using their mail client. Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]