[Evolution] Attaching emails invalidates PGP signature

[Ron Johnson]

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On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 00:13 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> it doesn't rely on the name, read up on how the X drag & drop protocol
> works.

How does the X protocol matter, when the email may be sent to=20
another machine, possibly not running Evo or maybe not even=20
"Unix"?

> On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 23:45, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 11:12 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > >=20
> > > > The problem is "how does Evolution know to scan thru all the emails
> > > > on your system, and know exactly which attachments to convert from
> > > > application/octet-stream to message/rfc822?"
> > > >=20
> > > > I don't think they can.
> > > But that isn't how drag and dropped messages work when dragged
> > > internally.  It sends them as uids+folders in 1.5.something+, so they
> > > can't be anything but the right type.
> > >=20
> > > They have to be encoded right at the sending end to start with if
> > > they're ever to be recognised later.=20
> >=20
> > I thought that was what the bug was.
> >=20
> > When I ran 1.5.9.1, a drag-n-dropped email was attached as=20
> > application/octet-stream.
> >=20
> > When I upgraded to 1.5.91 and tried again, a drag-n-dropped email
> > was attached as message/rfc822.
> >=20
> > Do you rely on the pattern of the name of the attachment to notice
> > that it is a uids+folder, instead of the mimetype?  If so, there=20
> > is still a bug, because Evo 1.5.91 looks at that application/octet-
> > stream attachment, and will only let me Save As.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA
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