Michael Leone on Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:34:02 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] What's smime.p7s? (Was: Ginger) 

On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 22:24, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> At 10:03 PM 12/3/2001 -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> >On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:56:39PM -0500, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> > > Is there a way to eliminate them from the list? They are clogging my
> > > download directory.  Frankly, I don't care if the mail I get from this 
> > list
> > > is authenticated, and its certainly not secret.
> >
> >This is not an issue of secrecy, it's one of authentication.
> 
> Right.  Is that important for list mail?

It could be important for *any* mail, which is why many people sign
*all* mail. So, that if need be, you can authenticate any sender.

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