On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 04:39:00PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've been using PGP to sign message using the PGP/MIME method since I
> started using mutt. As a result, all my messages will become MIME
> multiparts. AFAIK, that's perfectly fine - the first multipart is supposed
> to be treated as the "message text" and displayed as usual. However, certain
> users (so far users of Micro$oft Outlook Express or Micro$oft Outlook only) say
> they have to manually open the attachment/message (not sure about the
> details there) to be able to see my message.
>
> Can anyone confirm that it's Outlook that does not implement MIME properly?
It remains an open question whether this is "not implementing MIME
properly." MIME doesn't really say anything about how the data should
be presented, just how it is written and read. Software authors are
free to dream up their own user interfaces.
Microsoft Outlook users should be able to configure the program to
"view attachments inline," so that they don't have to open each
attachment manually. I have heard rumors that this option also puts
them at risk for things like the Happy99 worm, but have not been able
to confirm it. At any rate, that's Microsoft's hassle as far as I'm
concerned.
--
Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades
