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Subject: Re: pgp and majordomo
From: Manar Hussain <manar @ ivision . co . uk>
Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 15:45:32 +0100
To: Rich Pieri <rich . pieri @ prescienttech . com>
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <x77m3zzd28.fsf@gkar.prescienttech.com>
References: <Raul Zighelboim's message of "Tue, 5 May 1998 17:29:59 -0500"><A03CD00C69B1D01195AB00A024ECEB1684CB75@kaori.communique.net>

>Being a PGP user myself, I have to wonder what the purpose of such a thing
>would be.  The public decryption renders encryption useless.

A good use of PGP is to stop "From" forging. It would be useful for the
mailing list to enforce that from line to match with a public pgp key even
if the message was then passed on in clear text.

Manar


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