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Re: [LUG] Etiquette was Re: And this is bad news...

 

Terry Hill wrote:
>
>     Gmail handles PGP/Mime signature attachments fine, but doesn't
>     offer to
>     try and check the signature (sigh).
>
>     It doesn't handle inline PGP signatures well.
>
>     It displays VCF attachments for download, but doesn't offer to
>     import them!
>
>     It displays text in an email after "-- " as greyed out, so it
>     recognizes
>     it as a signature correctly. Then it fails to offer an option to not
>     quote this text in replies.
>
>     Just don't compare it to a real email client and you won't be
>     disappointed ;)
>
>
> Sorry if this rubs your rhubarb a bit but does it really matter?
>
> PGP signatures - is there a point?  I can't think of a situation where 
> I'd end up crying over a VCF.  I've either got contact details or I 
> haven't.
>
> I use email all over the place, at work, at friends houses, at home.  
> Gmail is there, wherever there's an operating system with a browser of 
> some sort bolted on.
>
> As far as I can remember the only place I've ever been told off for 
> top posting was in this user group, so I start typing at the bottom 
> these days if I remember as it's the fair enough that you all want the 
> same format.
Woohoo? Though now I've kinda taken to using Thunderbird and GMail.

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