Query: Patches break with Microsoft exchange server.

[Mihai Donțu]

On Monday 09 August 2010 20:55:08 Justin P. Mattock wrote:
> On 08/09/2010 07:35 AM, Mihai Donțu wrote:
> > On Monday 09 August 2010 12:43:16 Justin P. Mattock wrote:
> >> On 08/09/2010 02:35 AM, viresh kumar wrote:
> >>> On 8/9/2010 2:31 PM, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 12:26:24PM +0530, viresh kumar wrote:
> >>>>>> I missed this information in my last mail. We are using git
> >>>>>> send-email for sending patches. As patches will go through
> >>>>>> Microsoft exchange server only, so they are broken.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Let your boss complain to your IT keepers.
> >>>> "These are Machine-to-Machine messages, they must not be modified!"
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> It would probably be "against corporate policy" to use gmail for these
> >>>> emails...
> >>> 
> >>> We got one solution: Upgrade Exchange server to SP2.
> >>> Lets see if our IT department does this upgradation.
> >> 
> >> that or just blast them with some cryptology..i.e. pretty sure if your
> >> message was encapsulated(AH/ESP) they couldn't tweak it.. but then
> >> sending such encryption to a public list would require a _key_ on the
> >> other side.. wishful thinking...
> >> (just a thought)...
> > 
> > Shouldn't just signing the message be enough? The server (normally) would
> > not alter it, otherwise it will break the signature (which is a too
> > obvious bug even for Microsoft). Or am I missing something here?
> > 
> > PS: A local SMTP with DKIM signing capabilities could be another
> > possibility, assuming Exchange does not break such signatures.
> 
> yeah that would probably be just enough to get through without Microsoft
> mucking around with the font etc.., but the biggest problem(I see) with
> the encryption is having the key on the other end of the line.

Wait. I don't think we're on the same page here. I'm talking about message 
signing (which does not require the receiving end to have any key - it's the 
same plain text e-mail with a blob after it) while you refer to actually 
encrypting the message. Mm? Or am I being extremely slow today? :-)

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Mihai Donțu