> From: Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> The Fool wrote:
> 
> >And the software after the message has 'expired' will no longer be
able
> >to decrypt the message.  Retrieve not= decrypt.
> >

> But all this stuff fails the minute the message leaves an Exchange 
> environment. The next Claire Swiles won't only have colleagues working 
> in Exchange equipped offices - someone is going to use Netscape or 
> Eudora or Pegasus or any of the hundreds of other email systems. Even 
> the big Groupware systems like Notes/Domino and GroupWise, and older 
> Exchange servers are going to nullify this "expiry" and once that 
> happens, the email is on the loose.

My understanding is that only outlook can open these messages.  Microsoft
has said it would also provide a small stand alone (DRM) app to open
messages for users of other software.

The Whole point is that it disallows other software from reading it.
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