1994-12-19 - Re: PGP-MIME spec (No Flames Allowed!)

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: “JEFF LICQUIA (CEI)” <JLICQUIA@mhc.uiuc.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-12-19 18:50:24 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 19 Dec 94 10:50:24 PST

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 94 10:50:24 PST
To: "JEFF LICQUIA (CEI)" <JLICQUIA@mhc.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: PGP-MIME spec (No Flames Allowed!)
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"JEFF LICQUIA (CEI)" says:
> with an eye to writing some PGP-MIME kinds of tools.  In doing this, I 
> happened upon a post by Mr. Borenstein in comp.mail.mime stating, in 
> effect, that the previous draft standard of application/pgp was a dead 
> end.

It is a dead end. Look at the current PEM/MIME drafts for the new
security multiparts format. Its been accepted by the working group and
is on its way to draft standard.

Perry





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