Re: My every present GPG signature...

[Fraser Farrell <fraser@trilobytes.com.au>]

Robert Creager wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I've been approached off list by a member of the list with the thought that
> my GPG signature may be causing some people problems (size/attachment).
>


Rob,

No problem here, but then I run Linux too :-)

Based on similar problems I've seen with my customers, I would guess that the 
folks having trouble with your GPG include:

 - Outlook or Outlook Express users who have an "enhancement" such as 
IncrediMail or Hotbar infecting their computer. These may try to interpret a 
GPG key as an encoded smiley image or whatever. I recommend Ad Aware, or 
Spyware Search & Destroy to help fix this problem.

 - Outlook users who have MS Word defined as their email editor. Or they're 
using Rich Text Format for their email. Bad idea - see for example Microsoft 
Knowledge Base articles 196784, 259037 or 278061.


It seems that nobody who uses a non-Microsoft email program has any trouble 
with GPG keys in messages. Other than asking you "what's this GPG thing you 
sent me?"




cheers,


-- 

Fraser Farrell

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