Hi Steve,
On Tuesday 08/08/2000 at 16:31, you wrote:
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> 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 they
> implemented it? That energy should have been put into a decent PGP
> implementation.
Probably down to the idea that everyone already has S/MIME built into
OE, and it's at least better than nothing. It's been proven that
people would rather stick with lesser quality built-in stuff than
take the effort to download the nicer alternatives, which is what
seeded the MS/DoJ thing.
Given the choice between sending a mail plain (say about an Ebay item,
which is where it's a little more useful) or sending it S/MIME signed
I'd rather it was at least capable of the latter. It's better than
nothing... much as I wish MS would build PGP into Windows one day.
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