HOWTO: Programming S/MIME in Python with M2Crypto

[Richard Jones]

On Wednesday 28 November 2001 03:02, Ng Pheng Siong wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 08:48:44AM +0200, Graeme Longman wrote:
> > I know that in the HOWTO you don't actually send the example in 'Sign'
> > but have you managed to send and receive this example. If you have
> > successfully then maybe it is the 'Outlook' issue.
>
> The function sendsmime() in sendsmime.py works: I've used this to send to
> Netscape Messenger successfully. sendsmime() sends plain, signed, encrypted
> or signed-and-encrypted mail. I remember being quite pleased with myself
> when I got that done. ;-)

The only caveat that we've found is that you can send a multipart e-mail with 
an encrypted part to Netscape, but not to Outlook. Outlook _only_ handles the 
entire message, one part, being encrypted.


    Richard