--- Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 17:51:57 -0400 "Douglas J. Hunley"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > On Tuesday 10 July 2001 16:17, Collins Richey babbled:
> > > Douglas,
> > >
> > > Just a matter of curiosity. Not being a PGP user, there's
> probably
> > > something basic I don't understand.
> > >
> > > What good does all the PGP crap in your mails accomplish, other
> than
> > > cluttering up every mail from you with stuff that we don't need to
> > see?
> >
> > verifies to you (should you check it against my public key) that the
> > mail in
> > question did in fact some from me and has not been tampered with in
> any
> > way
> > (unless the key don't compare).
> > - --
>
> OK, thanks. Since I basically don't care if Douglas J. Hunley mails
> really originated from Adolph Hitler III as long as they are on the
> topic
> of Linux, I doubt that I will every check the keys. I still think you
> should drop the keys when mailing to this list, but I'll not pursue
> the
> topic further.
I kinda agree with Collins on this. THe amount of bandwidth that is
getting wasted with pgp (or gpg) public keys on a public mailing list is
just attocious. I rather doubt who is saying what on this list, as long
as its civil & informative.
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