On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 03:11:29 GMT, cdba@cdba.org wrote:

>Chris Newport <me@see-my-sig.invalid> wrote:
>> On Tuesday 23 December 2003 1:35 am in alt.os.linux.slackware cdba@cdba.org
>> wrote:
>
>> > In any case, fewer newbies will use pgp because they will
>> > understand that it is not "cool" and it annoys the fuck out of
>> > people.
>
>> You are the only person complaining,
>
>Hardly.
>
>> if you do not like it go somewhere else.
>
>Well, no. The pgp crowd is clearly in the minority. I feel that
>they can either put their pgp in their headers or in a mime
>attachment, or they can go somewhere else.
>
>It's all about respect.
>
>cordially, as always,
>
>rm

A PGP signature, by design, must wrap around the text it is signing.
So there is no reasonable way to put it in either the headers or an
attachment. But, unlike total encryption, which is frowned upon,
signatures are a good thing, and are actually required in some groups,
such as the news.admin areas. More people will begin to use them as
the pretenders and copy-cats become more prevalent. It's the easiest
way to validate the actual source of any message.

I suggest you get used to them. They will become more common in the
near future.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP