[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On Sunday 21 Aug 2005 12:13, Neil Williams wrote: > > ? You mean the preview window? I mean I get a split preview window, as one also gets with HTML mail. > > > and having to > > either select the 7 bit plain text version, > > I think your preview window is too small ! > It's as big as you can get on a 17" display. > > To reduce that message to just two lines, you could install gpg, check the > box in KMail and let gpg retrieve keys automatically. Then it would be a > two line yellow notice instead of the longer purple-ish one. Mine's yellow btw but I don't want any coloured lines. Just a plain text message > > Of course, I would say that - I'd like everyone to only ever use signed > email! Yup, I thought you would too :) >You'd have to check the email headers quite carefully to find > the change. How often does anyone actually do that? I do frequently, especially when senders, not neccessarily on this list, bleat about Windows only to see that they are using OE, Thunderbird for Windows etc. > > All I have to do is create a new Identity in KMail with your name and email > address details and send to the list as that identity. Simple. > Now try and send email pretending to be me - the lack of a signature gives > the game away. But you don't sign, so how can I be sure that it really IS > you sending your email? It could be Simon, or Robin or Lord Lucan even Bill > Gates! I have nothing against the use of signed mail, but to the non-user it is somewhat intrusive. > > Think of the problems of accountability, libel and identification. Think of > the misunderstandings, the confusion, the sheer hassle of trying to prove > to someone that it wasn't actually you who sent them an email from your > address calling their parentage into question, etc. etc. Have seen this on other lists, but of course one doesn't expect that sort of thing on the DCGLUG ;) > > How do I know the message came from you? You don't (for absolute certainty), but neither do I, nor most of the other recipients of your e-mails who dont use pgp. Didn't mean to start a flame (er well a flicker) with this thread - but I did get that certain feeling it could :) -- W.Devon ----------- A GNU/Linux user -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html