Why do people send email with an attached public key?

[Steven W. Orr]

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I see that there are some people who send their messages (especially to this
list) with their messages signed via an attached signature. I can't imagine
that this question hasn't been asked before, but is there an advantage to
doing this vs having an inline signature?

BTW, I run a mailinglist which strips all attachments. If I use a signature
attachment, am I further limiting an already limited audience?

TIA

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