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Re: [PLUG] key-signing Thursday?
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On 14 Apr 2002, Michael Leone wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 10:35, Doug Crompton wrote:
> > May I ask a perhaps dumb question? Why do you use signed email on this
> > list why would I have a need to validate it? I assume it is just playing
> > here. I can understand why you would in a secure environment. My email
> > does not fit in that category.
>
> Because many people feel that ALL email fits into that category, and
> therefore all email should be signed. Especially since email forgery is
> so easy to do it (spammers do it millions of times a day), it's seen as
> a necessary mechanism, to prove that person claiming to be me .. *is*
> me, and therefore you can confidently assume that the email actually did
> come from Mike Leone, the PLUG member, instead of Mike Leone, my cousin
> from New Jersey (or whoever).
>
> --
And why should I care if it is REALLY you or not? Would your cousin in NJ
have the knowledge or care to send something to this list? I guess my
point is that in a business or critical situation I certainly understand
it. In a fun or personal operation it is not clear to me. If it eliminates
spam that is a good thing and I am all for it. I suppose if you did not
except any mail from non-signed senders it would, but for the forseeable
future it would also eliminate most of the good mail I receive also.
And don't get me wrong. This is an experimenters and learning list. Doing
these things helps us all learn. I just wondered if I had to play the game
if I did not want to and what the consequences were if I did not.
Doug
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