I've searched the archives and have found messages somewhat related to this, but nothing that actually helps. I'm using Evolution 1.4.5; it's old and I'd love to upgrade everything but that is not an option at this time.
In the past I've saved what I gather are called in line signatures to a file and verified them with no problem. It never occurred to me that saving the multi part messages that Evolution creates when you sign one of your own messages would be a problem. The multi part messages are convenient, but if the only place that you can verify a specific message from is the email client that it was sent from (and the original recipient), it defeats a major purpose of digital signatures: proof of who sent it and that the message is unchanged. In a legal dispute the sender would look like a fool if he claimed it verified in the email program on his PC, but could not get it to verify anywhere else. The only other person who could verify the message, would be the person least likely to have any desire to assist. I've spent hours trying to get a signed message out of the sent folder of Evolution. Using a message with an in line signature as an example and gpg error messages, I've gotten to the point that gpg will try to verify it but it always verifies bad. That is not surprising since Evolution breaks very long URLs into 2 or three lines, converts copyright symbols to =C2=A9, adds =20 here and there (I think blanks at the end of a line), adds returns (^M) at the end of every line in the message area. Something I saw suggested this was part of the standard? I've fixed everything I could find and tried it with and without the returns and with and without spaces for =20 and all verify bad. Is there anything that I can do to get a signed email out of Evolution 1.4.5 as verifiable plain text. It's pretty important and any assistance would be much appreciated. I'm willing to do just about anything, include resend it to someone who has a client that will save it in a way that it can be verified. Privacy is not a concern, as I plan to post this email to my web site. But the second sentence says "Please note that this is a digitally signed document, and legal notice . . ." and it will look pretty dumb if I have to explain why it won't verify. In the future, I will prepare and sign important documents outside of Evolution, and paste them in when they're ready, if I can't find something better. George Shaffer -- For my GnuPG key ID and fingerprint see http://geodsoft.com/about/ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users