On 2018-05-31 14:42:39 -0700, Paul wrote: > I have heard that attachments to messages are not allowed on this list, > which makes sense. However I notice that messages from Peter do have an > attachment, i.e., a signature.asc file.
No this is isn't an attachment. It's a signature. Your MUA probably
displays everything it can't handle as an "attachment".
>
> I'm just curious; why and how do those particular attachments get through?
> And should they get through, I guess? E.G., what if I attach a malicious
> file labeled as .asc?
The mailinglist software can probably distinguish between
multipart/signed and multipart/mixed.
hp
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