AT command error.

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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Marc Eberhard wrote:
> > I'm really upset by those stupid users of Windows software blaming me to
> > send out attachements. I don't know, why those mailers claim, that pgp
> > signed _plain_ _ascii_ _text_ _mails_ are attachements. Have a look at the
> > mails and throw away your mailer. It's your fault, not mine. I'm sending
> > this mail without signing it, so that you will be able to read it even with
> > your broken software, but I will continue to sign my mails. Fix your mailer
> > and stop telling me this bull shit!
> > 
> > Canary, Robert W. wrote:
> > > X-Mailer:  Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version
> > > 4.0.995.52 Encoding: 21 TEXT
> 
> I'm not sure about Exchange, but I can for sure that "Eudora for Windows"
> cannot handle PGP-signed mails. 
> 
> Instead it will display them as "this mail has only one attachment", and
> the attachment cannot be displayed.
> 
> [As for "Exchange":  I recently heard the saying that 'printing out e-mail
> and sending them as paper air-plane is a more reliable mail transport than
> using MS exchange'... :-) ]
> 
> 
> While I find PGP mails somewhat annoying myself (ELM is not handling them
> seamlessly enough), using PGP is VERY important, and can only be encouraged!

I agree - it's too bad that more mailers don't support it.  My Pine is not
configured for PGP (it should be possible to adapt it, but I haven't had
the time...)

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