Re: [gentoo-user] gpg signature verification failures

[Mick]

On Sunday 18 Sep 2016 10:10:02 Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> I noticed a lot of gpg signed mail on mailing lists fails signature
> verification lately, including this list. (Others: lkml, haskell-cafe,
> mutt-users, even oss-security.)
>
> It's not just me: quite a few others seem to have made the same
> observation.  Please see the latest thread on mutt-users:
>
> http://marc.info/?l=mutt-users&m=147417981514310&w=2
>
> Note that it is _not_ a mutt problem:  one gets the same "BAD signature"
> result from a bare gpg run on the extracted message part.
>
> So, what's going on?  This would seem to be a Big Deal [TM].

The way some clients attach gpg signatures (in line, or multipart) makes a 
difference, depending on the receiving mail client.  I have seen bad signatures 
in this M/L but it is not a regular occurrence. 

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Regards,
Mick