Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-10 Thread Wolfgang Kynast
Hi Johannes, So you are a very privileged person. I consider your argument arrogant and unpolite to those readers here, who are not as privileged as you are (and I am) considered internet access costs. JMP What?! *Priviledged*? I know that in roughly 70% of countries you have JMP somewhat

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-10 Thread Johannes M. Posel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hey Wolfgang ^:) Am 10.08.2000 so gegen 09:30 meintest Du: So you insist in beeing unpolite to the remaining 30% ? What you call "Internet" in the remaining 30% ist nor what we understand under the termn "Internet". This has always been a list for people

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-09 Thread Johannes M. Posel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Grüß Dich Wolfgang, Am 08.08.2000 so gegen 14:12 meintest Du: So you are a very privileged person. I consider your argument arrogant and unpolite to those readers here, who are not as privileged as you are (and I am) considered internet access costs.

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-09 Thread Johannes M. Posel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi there Steve, Am 08.08.2000 so gegen 17:31 meintest Du: Certainly reason right there to ignore it. WTF was RIT thinking when they implemented it? That energy should have been put into a decent PGP implementation. While PGP is the de-fecto

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Rob
SL PGP, GPG signatures are ok. But that travesty called S/MIME has got SL to go! 2870 bytes to sign something far less than that!? Yeah, the signatures are too long. Do they really have to be that long to maintain the desired standard of authentication? OTH, PGP 6.5.1.i is a 8.1mb

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Johannes M. Posel
Hi there Thomas, Am 08.08.2000 so gegen 05:28 meintest Du: Well, not quite. While I don't pay online time while I'm in the office (connected through the LAN), I have to pay per-minute when I am at home. So, I do care if message are 6K instead of 2K big, especially on mailing lists. Oh come

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Wolfgang Kynast
Hi Johannes, JMP Oh come on! What do you use? ISDN? In times of flatrates at 80 DM, I JMP can only laugh at discussions 'bout "your .sig is longer than 4 lines" JMP and "2k vs 6k". So you are a very privileged person. I consider your argument arrogant and unpolite to those readers here, who are

Re[3]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Oleg Zalyalov
Hello, the Bat! list recipients, Tuesday, August 08, 2000, Wolfgang Kynast wrote to Johannes M. Posel about Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules): JMP Oh come on! What do you use? ISDN? In times of flatrates at 80 DM, I JMP can only laugh at discussions 'bout "your .sig is l

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 01:17:26AM +0100, Deryk Lister wrote: Not really. S/MIME insists on including the entire certificate, whilst the PGP version (key) has the nice friendly download-it-manually method :) You're joking, right? That has GOT to be a joke. Who the hell would make a

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 08:45:12AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OTH, PGP 6.5.1.i is a 8.1mb download (i just did) and needs 15mb of hard disk space ... a S/MIME certificate is a couple of 100 bytes and just imports into the address book. just sayin' ... it all depends on wether you got

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread David Powell
PGP, GPG signatures are ok. But that travesty called S/MIME has got to go! 2870 bytes to sign something far less than that!? Yep :) Personally I'm not having a go at the people who use it (doesn't look like you are either), especially since S/MIME support is still early in TB and

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Deryk Lister
Hi Steve, On Tuesday 08/08/2000 at 14:26, you wrote: On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 01:17:26AM +0100, Deryk Lister wrote: Not really. S/MIME insists on including the entire certificate, whilst the PGP version (key) has the nice friendly download-it-manually method :) You're joking, right?

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday, August 08, 2000, 7:43:44 AM, David wrote: would not only need to download that persons key to check their signature, but you would also need to phone them or something, to check if the key really belongs to them. How many people here

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday, August 08, 2000, 8:20:58 AM, Deryk wrote: I don't think Microsoft invented S/MIME (which would explain everything as well) but they were certainly behind it a lot. Certainly reason right there to ignore it. WTF was RIT thinking when

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Deryk Lister
Hi Steve, On Tuesday 08/08/2000 at 16:31, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday, August 08, 2000, 8:20:58 AM, Deryk wrote: I don't think Microsoft invented S/MIME (which would explain everything as well) but they were certainly behind it a lot. Certainly

Re[3]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Istvn Szendr
Hello Deryk, Tuesday, August 08, 2000, 5:42:34 PM, you wrote to Steve Lamb: DL Hi Steve, snip Certainly reason right there to ignore it. WTF was RIT thinking when they implemented it? That energy should have been put into a decent PGP implementation. I wholeheartedly agree. DL

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Graham
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Curtis, Monday, August 07, 2000, 11:13:59 PM, you wrote: SL If there are any other PMMail people on here I'm sure they would SL back me up in saying that the interface for PMMail was much more SL slick and polished than TB!'s is. I'd love to

Re[3]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Gary
Hi Graham, On Tuesday, August 08, 2000, 12:07 PM, you wrote in part about "Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)": G I disagree about PGP implementation: it seems to me that PGP G messages should be seen to be the same in all e-mail clients, as G though the client was

Re[4]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Tony Game
How does one use S/Mime in TheBat? I've got a certificate and have exported it to TheBat directory but still don't seem able to use it. -- Best regards, Tonymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- View the TBUDL

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Marck D. Pearlstone
Hi Tony, On 08 August 2000 at 18:50:29 GMT +0100 (which was 18:50 where I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject of "Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)": TG How does one use S/Mime in TheBat? I've got a certificate and have TG exported it

Re[5]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread phil
Greetings Tony! On Tuesday, August 08, 2000 at 18:50:29 GMT +0100 (which was 10:50 AM where you think I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: TG How does one use S/Mime in TheBat? I've got a certificate and have TG exported it to TheBat directory but still don't seem able to use it. Don't feel

Re[4]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread phil
Greetings Gary! On Tuesday, August 08, 2000 at 12:41:47 GMT -0500 (which was 10:41 AM where you think I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: G Hi Graham, G On Tuesday, August 08, 2000, 12:07 PM, you wrote in part about G "Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)": G I disa

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread phil
Greetings Steve! On Tuesday, August 08, 2000 at 08:31:54 GMT -0700 (which was 8:31 AM where you think I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: SL Tuesday, August 08, 2000, 8:20:58 AM, Deryk wrote: I don't think Microsoft invented S/MIME (which would explain everything as well) but they were

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-08 Thread Nick Andriash
On August 8, 2000, at 6:04:17 PM, phil Wrote: TG How does one use S/Mime in TheBat? I've got a certificate and have TG exported it to TheBat directory but still don't seem able to use it. p Don't feel bad, it doesn't work here either. Phil, not being able to figure out how to use it, and _not

Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Nick Andriash
On August 7, 2000, at 10:27:38 AM, Mark Aston Wrote: Actually it's the S/MIME that makes the message 6K or thereabouts, the PGP doesn't make much difference. Whilst it was a new feature and being tested on TBBETA it was OK, now I find the attachments quite irritating for use on a mailing

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday, August 07, 2000, 1:22:24 PM, Nick wrote: On August 7, 2000, at 10:27:38 AM, Mark Aston Wrote: Actually it's the S/MIME that makes the message 6K or thereabouts, the PGP doesn't make much difference. Whilst it was a new feature and being

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Nick Andriash
On August 7, 2000, at 1:46:45 PM, Steve Lamb Wrote: SL I only recently started using PGP in TB! because I decided it was SL time start showing my beliefs in the wake of Carnivore news. Geez, SL is it ever a /PAIN/ to use compared to when I was using PGP on SL PMMail2000Pro. What were some of

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Arjan Vergeer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Who the hell made that standard!? The consortium of DSL providersto get people off modems Yeesh! 41 lines to sign a message!? PGP does it in *7*. I was wondering too... and the extra window is really irritating me! And I can't find a

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday, August 07, 2000, 1:59:52 PM, Nick wrote: What were some of the features inherent in the way PMMail2000Pro implemented PGP, that are missing in TB!'s implementation? Automatic signature checking, the PGP information hidden (viewing a

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Mark Aston
Hi Nick, Monday, August 07, 2000, 9:22:24 PM, you wrote: NA Mark, I'm curious why they irritate you? Is it the fact they show up in NA the attachment bar, even though technically they are not treated as an NA attachment by TB!? What if a small innocuous icon was to be put inside NA the Message

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Nick Andriash
On August 7, 2000, at 2:11:30 PM, Steve Lamb Wrote: SL Automatic signature checking, the PGP information hidden (viewing a SL PGP message and a normal message side by side you'd not see the dash SL escaping, the PGP block marking and so on), The only Client I've used that automatically checks

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Nick Andriash
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On August 7, 2000, at 3:06:23 PM, Steve Lamb Wrote: SL I send mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED], I do not want it SL encrypted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Encrypting to a default key is a lazy SL man's way out of a very simple problem. But isn't that a product

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Curtis
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:46:45 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: SL Nick, if I might take a stab at this, I think when he said it taking SL up 6k that he might actually have meant that having it take up 6k is SL annoying. To me, that would be annoying to. What is even more SL annoying is that I can't /see/

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday, August 07, 2000, 3:16:02 PM, Nick wrote: But isn't that a product of PGP... requiring a default key... and not that of the Mail Client. I know of no way around that. How does PMMail allow you to choose which of your keys you want your

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday, August 07, 2000, 3:08:44 PM, Curtis wrote: I much prefer how S/MIME signing is implemented in TB! compared to PGP. Which is how PMMail2k Pro does it. A small indication on the status line is all you ever see unless you request

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Curtis
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 14:11:30 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: SL -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- SL Hash: SHA1 The above simply doesn't and shouldn't be shown in a PGP signed message. :-( SL Automatic signature checking, the PGP information hidden (viewing a SL PGP message and a normal

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Nick Andriash
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On August 7, 2000, at 3:33:30 PM, Steve Lamb Wrote: But isn't that a product of PGP... requiring a default key... and not that of the Mail Client. I know of no way around that. How does PMMail allow you to choose which of your keys you want your

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Steve Lamb
On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 03:46:34PM -0700, Nick Andriash wrote: So are you saying that PMMail's PGP plug-in (or whatever method they use) presents you with a drop down list of Keys to encrypt your replies to so that you can read those replies later on? No, it encodes to the Key ID assigned

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Deryk Lister
Some argue digital signatures don't belong in Public Mailing Lists, yet I would argue otherwise. PGP, GPG signatures are ok. But that travesty called S/MIME has got to go! 2870 bytes to sign something far less than that!? Yep :) Personally I'm not having a go at the people who use it

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Deryk Lister
SL PGP, GPG signatures are ok. But that travesty called S/MIME has got SL to go! 2870 bytes to sign something far less than that!? Yeah, the signatures are too long. Do they really have to be that long to maintain the desired standard of authentication? Not really. S/MIME insists on

Re[2]: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Gary
Hi Nick, On Monday, August 07, 2000, 5:46 PM, you wrote in part about "Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)": N I wonder why PGP itself hasn't implemented a method that N takes into account the fact some Users have more than one key they N may wish to encrypt to?

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Nick, On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:46:34 -0700GMT (08/08/2000, 06:46 +0800GMT), Nick Andriash wrote: NA So are you saying that PMMail's PGP plug-in (or whatever method they NA use) presents you with a drop down list of Keys to encrypt your replies NA to so that you can read those replies later on?

Re: Signing of Messages (Was: Re: List server rules)

2000-08-07 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Mark, On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:20:37 +0100GMT (08/08/2000, 05:20 +0800GMT), Mark Aston wrote: NA Mark, I'm curious why they irritate you? Is it the fact they show up in NA the attachment bar, even though technically they are not treated as an NA attachment by TB!? What if a small innocuous icon