David T-G wrote:
> 
> % mail. Unfortunately, it seems that  mutt started sending everything as
> % attachments that  cannot be read  from some mail  clients (commandline
> % mail, for instance).
> 
> If you're just sending ordinary text, then you can get around this,
> though that is the Wrong Way to do things.
> 
> % Anyway, I  have been reprimanded,  and so  I promised not  to autosign
> % until I figured out what the deal was.
> 
> Heh.  Fight back; sign everything and encourage them to upgrade to a Real
> Mail Program (tm).

that seems a little harsh.... i'm sure there are many who would tell
those of us who use mutt to use a 'real mail program'.  there's nothing
wrong with using mailx or other command line clients.

however sending myself an pgp/mime signed email does seem to work ok
with mailx... what command line mail client (and OS) are these people
using?

for me it shows up like this:

& 
Message 3:
From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Sat Nov 10 13:20:23 2001
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:20:23 -0800
From: Will Yardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: test
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
        protocol="application/pgp-signature";
boundary="PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9"
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i
Organization: New Dream Network


--PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

test

--=20
GPG Public Key:
http://infinitejazz.net/will/pgp/

--PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQE77ZoXswHW5vg5XAIRApl9AJ45XAkSrOVZh0DLpL3/+kb6iNEPOgCdH6Cm
SrCI5ALyIdFqk2xAbSVsMPk=
=hfHw
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9--

& quit
Saved 1 message in mbox
Held 2 messages in /var/spool/mail/wby

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