> I'd like to get rid of the base64-encoded attachments too, and the ugly
> quoted-printable messages I often see especially when sent with Mutt.  Surely
> there must be a way to avoid quoted-printable when using Mutt, even with PGP?

use pine&pgp4pine. puts PGP'ed message not as attachment but as main body.

but there must be an option in mutt.

 > HTML attachments that just repeat the non-HTML portion albeit in a fancier way

just another "new technology" from microsoft.

but it CAN be turned off without problem in outlook express