On 03/06/2008, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I seem to recall once experimenting with placing the
PGP signature
into an email header field where it does not impinge on the content.
Sadly I don't think there are standard or reliable ways of doing this
that are guaranteed to be transmitted by every potential email
transport (much less the archiving systems in which most mailing list
content ends up). For the same reason, there are probably few email
systems capable of producing or interpreting such signatures. Perhaps
there are systems based on placing the body into an appropriate MIME
envelope, but if so they can't be in very wide use.
I don't understand why you need the line at the top - just take the
beginning of the email to be the beginning of the email, like any
normal person... Do email clients and transports ever change the top
of an email? I know they add things to the bottom, but I can't
remember ever seeing something added to the top.
Also, signatures should be separated from the email by "-- " and a new
line. Please at least follow the standards...