Creating an S/MIME capability for Plasma is a good idea. It provides some level 
of heads up where users are not knowingly plasma enabled. Unlike S/MIME today, 
if a recipient upgrades to plasma they will be able to read previously received 
plasma email just as they would be able to read plasma email if the were given 
new encryption keys where the organization does not maintain an encryption key 
history.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
Fitch, Scott C
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 12:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [plasma] S/MIME Capabilities

Section 5.2.1 notes the backwards compatibility requirement with existing 
S/MIME where a sender can create recipient info structures for recipients it 
can discover keys for.

Should there be an equivalent mechanism to indicate a sender's support for 
plasma, similar to the way that S/MIME indicates current capabilities? This 
could be helpful, particularly when sending messages with Advanced Policies.

        -Scott
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