Re: [mv] How-To PGP 6.5

["Alexei Yakimovich" <alex@del.donetsk.ua>]

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Hi,


> ******    message to minivend-users from David Babler
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>
> Sigh. Well, it's a nice idea... unfortunately it doesn't work either. Why?
> Because this combination produces an email that isn't readable by Pine
> (and probably other MUAs). Yes, the included CC number is *not* seperately
> encoded, but the combined message ends up as:
>
>   [beginning of headers]
>   Subject: ORDER xxxxxx
>   MIME-Version: 1.0
>   Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-xxxxxxxx-000:=xxxxx"
>   Content-ID: <MiniVnd.4.04.0005....>
>
>   -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
>   Version 2.6.2
>
>   hIwDbzM...
>   [rest of armored pgp block]
>   -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
>   --
>   ---xxxxxxxx-000:=xxxxx--
>
> I'll need to look at the MIME RFC again, but I believe Pine interprets
> this as "this is a multi-part message, so I'm looking for the first
> boundary string"... but it won't see one until the end of the message. It
> then picks off what's following (maybe, since the boundary line says it is
> the last one) - which is nothing - and shows the resultant "first part" of
> what it believes is a multi-part message, which in this case is nothing at
> all.
>
> If you manually add a boundary line after the headers and before the PGP
> line, it works okay. The problem is that the boundary line, Content-Type,
> Content-ID and Content-Description lines end up INSIDE the encrypted pgp
You are quite right. :)
In this case you should use the PGP variable to encrypt all order, and
remove mime tag outside the order text.

It seems to me the PGP must first encrypt the message and only in  second
step use mime.

Have a nice day,

Alexsei


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