pgp/mime vs in-line pgp

[David Shaw]

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On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 02:43:05AM -0400, Atom 'Smasher' wrote:
> what are the (dis)advantages of pgp/mime vs in-line pgp?
> 
> of course, pgp/mime is an *official* standard, while in-line pgp is an
> *unofficial* standard. why isn't in-line pgp *officially* recognized as an
> email standard?

Inline PGP is absolutely an official standard.  See RFC-2440.  It's
just a different official standard than PGP/MIME (RFC-3156).

Inline PGP can't handle all the situations that PGP/MIME does, and
it's not nearly as transparent as PGP/MIME, but it is a genuine
official standard.

David
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