Noel Torres <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think it would be possible, and even easy for the developers, to
program an
> extension to SMTP in which servers use OpenPGP among them, independently
of
> any TLS/SSL usage.
> Why: It helps stopping spam because the receiver server can trust the
> identity of the sender, and it helps avoiding wiretapping.
No, it doesn't, because you are assuming some kind of trust model which does
not exist.
DKIM can already sign emails, and it's the signing that adds trust for the
sender.
There have been PGP encrypting sendmail plugins for years (decades?)... the
problem is finding and trusting the keys.
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