Though
I generally eschew "me-too" posts, I feel the need to pile on here, and partly
because it's not just "me-too" but a bit of a more detailed
approach.
I am
unable to open them, though it may just be a matter of configuration
in my mail reader. I haven't been able to find out how it's done, though,
and I'm beginning to suspect that it requires some plugin or other that I don't
have - which I would gladly acquire if this weren't a fairly tightly-controlled
standard corporate desktop machine.
I
think it's truly stupid of Outlook to refuse to open a message merely because it
can't verify it (and maybe that's the trick- find the config option, if
any, to tell it not to), particularly if it thinks that I can't because it
can't find my own "digital ID" which is in no way required for verification, and
I certainly wouldn't use it if I weren't required to. On the other hand,
if the message is actually encrypted as well, then Brandon is absolutely correct
that the messages can't be read except by those to whom it was specifically
addressed, which likely includes none of us, but only the mail-list
daemon. Fortunately it can store the message's plaintext so that it
can be read in the archive and in the digests.
If the
sender (or anyone else) knows, and can tell us, how those of us with this
particular affliction can read the messages (with the verification feature off,
of course, so we can read it...!), I'd appreciate it, and that would satisfy
me. And it certainly galls me to suggest, or hear suggested, that a very
valuable feature should not be used because a significant number of people are
trapped in a situation where they must use inferior products, thus forcing even
those who don't use the monopoly product to do without the feature.
Needless to say, I have been galled in this way a great deal during the last
couple of decades, to see the strength of this argument grow stronger
with the monopoly and in turn strengthen it, so that the predatory business
practices that engendered it are almost not even needed to perpetuate
it.
So, if
the message is indeed encrypted, please ignore the ranting in the previous two
paragraphs and stop doing that if you want all of us who receive the mailing
list directly to be able to read your messages; if it's not, any help on how to
beat Microsoft Outlook into submission would be appreciated.
brain[sic]
Folks, a fair chunk of group emails the last few
weeks have had digital id control.
From
looking over the last few weeks, these are the emails that are less likely to
be responded to, as I suspect they are not readable except by a select
few. I suspect the online archive is able to display these messages fine
enough, but to be honest (I'm not sure if I'm alone here); unless I'm
researching a problem before mailing the group, I don't really go looking
there for new posts.
Suggestion:
If it's to a mailing group I would
consider not using this method, to ensure whoever has a solution/suggestion
can reply to you.