I do not use the Gmail interface any more; I only use the Thunderbird client and typed the signature in the edit field found in the Tools | Account options | General dialogue. It always appears in the body, right under the point where I type. If this is the case it should not interfere with Enigmail or GnuPG, correct?
PS. I learnt my lesson about including any signature for a mailing list. On 20/03/2011 03:35 PM, Ben McGinnes wrote: > On 21/03/11 6:11 AM, Jonathan Ely wrote: >> Firstly, what is MUA? I hear that but am not sure what that means. > > MUA = Mail User Agent, e.g. Thunderbird, Outlook, Apple Mail, etc. > MTA = Mail Transfer Agent, e.g. Sendmail, Postfix, Exchange, etc. > >> Secondly, I have disabled that in Thunderbird. I had no idea it >> modified anything; I thought it was simply a text signature that did >> not interfere with Enigmail and GnuPG. Thanks for enabling me to >> understand the complication there. > > If a signature is inserted before the message is signed then it will > be included as part of the message body and will be part of the signed > content. This means it won't break the signature. If it is inserted > as the message is being sent, but after the message is signed then it > will generate the error seen on the list. > > To be sure that a text signature is appended without interfering with > the digital signature, it should appear in the body of the message > when you edit it. Thunderbird is quite capable of doing this (I have > one, but don't normally include it when posting to lists). > > > Regards, > Ben > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
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