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| | LWN: The Grumpy Editor, graphical mail clients, and GPG |
 | | In this mode, GPG formats the message with some surrounding header information and the whole assembly is transmitted as a simple, text/plain message. |
 | | Given the history of the old format, and the clear superiority of the new format (which is more flexible, less dependent on GPG in particular, and can encrypt attachments), it really seems that a proper client should, at this time, support both. |
 | | If you leave the GPG ID field blank, Evolution will attempt to use the email address of the sender; manually specifying it is not required, but allowed if your name or email address don't match the GPG ID you want to use. |
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