It's called PGP/MIME, and it's The Right Way of doing PGP with MIME.
On 2001-08-01 12:36:27 -0700, Chris S. wrote:
>Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 12:36:27 -0700
>From: "Chris S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: mutt-users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Mutt is sending PGP as funky attachments
>Reply-To: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Mail-Followup-To: mutt-users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
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>
>
>Hello,
>
>I'm sending some PGP e-mails to a user on MS Outlook. When they get the
>message (this happens for me too) Outlook only shows two attachments. One
>.asc file which is empty, and an .ATT file which has the encrypted message.
>
>Is this a "feature" of Outlook or is this something Mutt is doing? If I
>send to another Mutt user, it looks fine.
>
>--
>Chris S.
>PGP 0x519E3777
>
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