Re: Content type change corrupts PGP signature

[Boris Wesslowski]

On Sun, Feb 21 1999 at 19:23 -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > The binary fetchmail 4.7.7 rpm avaliable at your website does not behave
> > as expected. Haven't checked the source rpm/build rules...
> 
> I came in late.  In what specific respect is the behavior unexpected?

We were talking about the problem that fetchmail (even version 4.7.7(rpm)),
in contrast to what the NEWS file and the man page say, *does* decode MIME
by default unless 'no mimedecode' is explicitly specified in .fetchmailrc;
this damages the PGP signatures, as you already know.


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                           Boris Wesslowski
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