Are ab@novell.com's PGP signed messages annoying?

kgroneman · #1 (**permalink**) 24-Mar-2009, 09:02

ab@novell.com digitally signs every one of his messages with PGP which, if you don't have his key, makes for a lot of gibberish at the end of his messages. Do you find it annoying or not?

Chrysantine · #2 (**permalink**) 24-Mar-2009, 09:05

Wouldn't it be just easier to provide a link to it?

growbag · #3 (**permalink**) 24-Mar-2009, 10:34

No way! I read every single line each time I see it just in case something has changed.

It's the only excitement I get all week!

I have no life whatsoever

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caf4926 · #4 (**permalink**) 24-Mar-2009, 11:45

It's just more separating of the wheat from the chaff. Very time consuming. Does that mean I have a life @growbag?

buckesfeld · #5 (**permalink**) 24-Mar-2009, 13:27

On 03/24/2009 kgroneman wrote:
> ab@novell.com digitally signs every one of his messages with PGP
> which, if you don't have his key, makes for a lot of gibberish at the
> end of his messages.

Just get the key. Sheesh...

Uwe

hcvv · #6 (**permalink**) 25-Mar-2009, 05:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by kgroneman

ab@novell.com digitally signs every one of his messages with PGP which, if you don't have his key, makes for a lot of gibberish at the end of his messages. Do you find it annoying or not?

I never understand what it is for. Nor do a lot of other users I think. I do a lot of scrolling through all those posts getting to the real text. But I always value that real part of his text.

Some are talking of having a key. I do not understand that. It is just a piece of text rendered on my web page. The browser does not seem to be impressed by it and asks for nothing. What key and where to put it?

FeatherMonkey · #7 (**permalink**) 25-Mar-2009, 07:12

I really don't get this whole poll.

Is it annoying don't really think it needed asking.

The real question if using the nttp which is similar to a mailing list and is managed by mail clients, should we dictate how they use it?

Are we going to next ask all web users to post in line and not bottom post and to quote everytime?

The decision to combine the community was made, it seems it has been far from smooth and I'm not sure it has ever settled. Trying to mix such different ways of viewing the forum always was going to have problems.

But I think it is wrong to begin to tell people how they should use it.

Chrysantine · #8 (**permalink**) 25-Mar-2009, 09:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by FeatherMonkey

The decision to combine the community was made, it seems it has been far from smooth and I'm not sure it has ever settled.

Mmm..

FeatherMonkey · #9 (**permalink**) 25-Mar-2009, 10:00

LOL You know my opinions, but it has happened.

I think the solution should be found server side and it is something we should never of been made aware off. I'm sure one of these clever coders can parse out the pgp sigs if they really are that bad.

They certainly are annoying but wouldn't say there is enough to begin to tell users how to reply yet.

Are we suddenly expecting a a herd of nttp users with pgp enabled sigs to turn up soon.

hendersj · #10 (**permalink**) 25-Mar-2009, 10:31

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:06:01 +0000, FeatherMonkey wrote:

> Are we suddenly expecting a a herd of nttp users with pgp enabled sigs
> to turn up soon.

No. Most of us don't seem overly concerned with our replies being
"forged", which ab@novell.com has expressed is the reason he does this.

Personally, I think it's silly. It's not like we're sharing national
secrets where identity needs to be firmly established.

Jim

View Poll Results: Do you find ab@novell.com's PGP signed messages annoying?
Yes - Waste of space, hard to read, and annoying	24	82.76%
No - The TONS of extra characters in his messages are just fine	5	17.24%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

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