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   Message 518 of 845   
   Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins   
   Re: GOOD for you, BAD for me   
   11 Jan 20 18:24:15   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5e1a04ee   
   REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5e1a01f4   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2020-01-11 19:12:27, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>>> What made it report BAD for me? It was exactly the same pub key   
    AA>>> pair between us. The exact time and date proved that.   
      
    WvV>> So if the keys weren't the problem. Something must have changed   
    WvV>> in the plain text that was signed, before it reached you, that   
    WvV>> made it fail the verify...   
      
    AA> So, when it says "BAD signature", it's talking about the signature of   
    AA> the message?   
      
   Yes.   
      
    AA> Hmmm.  A single char difference (maybe the odd =20 char) gets   
    AA> introduced) and messes up the "signature" of the message.   
      
   Yes.   
      
    AA> I see that happening when I need to copy/paste the contents of a PGP   
    AA> block and paste it into my BlackBerry's pgp decryptor window. It always   
    AA> seem to return an error and never decrypts.   
      
   Ok...   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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