[Enigmail] Any chance of X-PGP-Sig support?

Andrzej Filip anfi at onet.eu
Mon Dec 17 02:52:49 PST 2007


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John Clizbe wrote:
> Andrzej Filip wrote:
>> Are there any chances for enigmail support of X-PGP-Sig standard?
>>
>> 1) It allows to sign selected headers and body of "single part"
>> text/plain messages.
>> 2) It is fully contained in headers so unlike other signing standards it
>> is "invisible" to news/mail readers not supporting it
>>
>> IMHO it is the best format (I know) for signing Usenet posts.
> 
> I don't know if it's very likely until it's covered by a RFC.

A new format of signing email messages is required anyway.
Which of the formats supported by enigmail can sign "main RFC822/RFC2822
headers"? [ e.g. subject, from, date, message-id, references ]

The idea that only message *body* is worth to be signed is a needless
self imposed limitation (IMHO).

URL(s):
ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/pgpcontrol/

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