Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 05/18/2002 5:47 AM, Manfred Usselmann Enlightened Us With The
> Following Comment:
>
>>Btw, what is the advantage of using ssl for news group access?
>>
>>Manfred
>
>
> The main advantage is Security, not being fed to USENET, no ARCHIVING by
> outside sources and protection of your REAL email address from SpamBOTS.
>
erm, why are any of these improved by SSL, given that anybody can
connect and read the articles posted provided they do so with SSL?
Now the fact that it's a private server and not part of usenet, that I
can appreciate... oh well, just curious as to why the SSL.
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