How to clear sign messages with PGP (FAQ)

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> How do you get those great signatures on your posts?
> 
> I've been trying to do this with PGP, but I only get a signature file. This
> file seems to be a binary file or just a signature. I'll use a command
> like: pgp -s filename.
> 
> Perhaps your using a shell?

No, I just use this MS-DOS batch file called sign.bat:

pgp -sta +clearsig=on %1

The %1 expands to the first argument on the command line.  To sign a text
file called toscott.txt, I just give the command

sign toscott.txt

When you get a message signed like that, you should be able to verify the
signature by simply executing pgp on the file you get (provided you have my
key -- it is on the key servers, available by finger mpj@csn.org or
mpjohnso@nyx.cs.du.edu, ftp://csn.org/mpj/mpj4.asc, or on my BBS
(303-938-9654):

pgp frommpj.txt

For more pgp tricks, see the FAQ ftp://netcom.com/gbe/ (echoed on
ftp://csn.org/mpj/public/pgp/) or on the Colorado Catacombs BBS.

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 | \/ |o|        | Michael Paul Johnson  Colorado Catacombs BBS 303-938-9654 |
 |    | | /  _   | mpj@csn.org   ftp csn.org \mpj\README.MPJ for access info.|
 |    |||/  /_\  | aka mpjohnso@nyx.cs.du.edu mikej@exabyte.com              |
 |    |||\  (    | m.p.johnson@ieee.org CIS 71331,2332    VPGP key by finger |
 |    ||| \ \_/  |___________________________________________________________|

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