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You should be aware that Microsoft's SMTP servers parse the mime structure of the mails and restructure it in a non-standard way. I have no idea why, but for ex
by hannob 4y ago
You should be aware that Microsoft's SMTP servers parse the mime structure of the mails and restructure it in a non-standard way. I have no idea why, but for example this breaks PGP signatures.
- rockwotj 4y agoThis is due to a well known fact that Microsoft hates the email ecosystem. I work on a email client and a large majority of "this email is broken" is due to weird outlook behavior. Most recently it's TNEF attachments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Neutral_Encapsulation_Format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Neutral_Encapsulatio...
- Avamander 4y agoThey break way more than that, it's quite annoying. If you search in various MTA/client mailing lists you'll find a bunch of threads. Though, others do violate standards as well, but not like this.