At 12:17 PM -0500 3/26/04, Bonatti, Chris wrote:
Agree. It should read:
There are two formats for signed messages defined for S/MIME:
application/pkcs7-mime with SignedData, and multipart/signed.
Sending agents MUST support the multipart/signed form, and SHOULD
support the application/pkcs7-mime form. Receiving agents SHOULD
be able to handle both.
Disagree with Chris, agree with Jim. The paragraph in the current
document should read:
There are two formats for signed messages defined for S/MIME:
application/pkcs7-mime with SignedData, and multipart/signed. In
general, the multipart/signed form is preferred for sending, and
receiving agents MUST be able to handle both.
We have been over this a million times, and it is clear we can't come
to agreement. It's history vs. correct interaction with the rest of
email, and both have strong arguments in their favor.
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium