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Hello Mrten,
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 at 21:25:19 [GMT +0200], you wrote:
M> i saw you were using *both* the PGP and the S/MIME signature. isn't
M> that rather an overkill?
For lists absolutely! I just created a new certificate because the old
one expired, and I added [EMAIL PROTECTED] as an e-mail address in the
certificate. I was playing around with it on list to see if it works.
However, when I am doing on-line financial things with my bank and
stocks, every little bit of protection is IMHO totally worth it.
M> and, of the 7435 bytes of your original message 3125 bytes were
M> taken up by that S/MIME signature. that is over 40% in this
M> particular case, which was a rather long mail. i find that number
M> ridiculous, which is my general argument against using S/MIME for
M> signing messages.
Again, for lists, I agree. For important things that require security
and authentication it's worth it. Now... HTML mail I am with you in
total agreement. Unless it's a newsletter or something that needs more
than plaintext formatting, there is no need to send a "Hi Bill"
message with backgrounds and colored fonts. Too much waste. But I
digress, because I don't want to start another HTML vs. plaintext
argument.
M> in my opinion the PGP signature is cleaner and smaller (and inline!
M> didn't list policy dictate 'no attachments'?), so that one is and
M> always will be my favorite.
When I first wrote the rules for the TB lists, it was way before
S/MIME was even a glimmer in TB's eye. However, since then we had made
the decision that certs would be allowed. But, we also stated the
caveat that they were unnecessary for normal list traffic.
Cheers,
Leif Gregory
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