Re: Microsoft's "Modern Authentication"

I'm afraid this is a bit over my head. I've been using Mulberry for a=20
couple of decades (it was actually my university's official client for=20
awhile), but I'm not a power user. I've learned enough about it to make it=20
work for my email needs, and I use it for multiple email accounts/servers,=20
but haven't really looked under the hood more than absolutely necessary.

Steve



>>>> There was no message to your reply.
>>>
>>> It shows just fine here, so I suspect it's just [some Microsoft
>>> client] failing to comprehend multipart/signed. Not an entirely
>>> unfamiliar problem, I'm afraid; Microsoft's MIME handling has always
>>> been abhorrent, across their many attempts over the years at doing
>>> mail. All the more reason to use a sensible MUA (read: Mulberry)
>>> instead :)
>>
>> I am indeed using Mulberry on a Mac, but there was just a MIME
>> signature attachment, which I didn't want to chance opening.
>
> Oh! Then I suspect the answer may be your list settings. I've seen
> cases where when MLMs like Mailman or Sympa are set to tamper with the
> MIME parts before delivery, they will sometimes end up scrubbing parts
> you don't want scrubbed. Like Sympa will scrub the text/calendar part
> of a multipart/alternative when you're just trying to get rid of an
> unwanted text/html part. Extra frustrating when the sending client
> fails to understand the meaning of "alternative" - hello Outlook - so
> the remaining text/plain part doesn't actually contain the details of
> the event.
>
> Sounds here like Mailman is scrubbing the text/plain part for you, and
> leaving only the application/php-signature part, which certainly isn't
> much use on its own! The copy I received through the list had both, so
> our subscription settings probably differ.
>
>>> Anyway, I'll re-send it unsigned, so it's easier to read in inferior
>>> clients ;)
>>
>> Thanks - that worked!
>
> Good, I'll try to remember switching it off for this thread.
>
> --
> Christer Mjellem Strand
> System Administrator



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