On Thursday 20 March 2003 18:48, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
Good day Jeff,
just out of curiosity, how do I use the long signature in the end of a mail to check that the sender is who he says he is?
Best regards :o)
Johnny :o)
Torsdag den 20. marts 2003 19:12 kvad Jeff Dierking:
OK, quick reasoning behind a signed message...
Signing a message ensures the receiver that the originator is who they say they are. Too many people assume (and that's a bad thing) that just becaus it say it is from a person that it is. Not so. Anybody can spoof their name and address.
I am sorry that it annoys you, but is it really that big of a deal? I could understand if it was a 2 line message with a 100 line signature.
Jeff Dierking
That depends on your mail client. KMail has options within the Configure -> Security. But I'm quite sure that it's turned on by default. Pine has extras that can make it work with a little work. Tom