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[Thomas Dalton]

On 03/06/2008, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at 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...