-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Graeme,
@2-Jan-2003, 01:40 Graeme J Hosking [GJH] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: GJH> However, every time I ask for a signature to be verified, or a GJH> message to be decrypted, I get a duplicate of the message with GJH> "(PGP Decrypted)" appended to the subject. Is it really GJH> supposed to do that? Yes - for decryption. Only encrypted signed messages will result in a decrypted version. Signature verification will result in the appearance of the PGP Log window containing the results of the verification. With the later ckt builds (09 beta 3 for instance) the result of the verification process is loaded into the clipboard ready to be pasted back into a response. GJH> It seems to me to be slightly less than elegant, but given that GJH> I'm new to PGP I'm willing to accept there might be a good GJH> reason for doing this (I just can't see it :-). The reason is that the decryption is intended to be temporary - for viewing purposes only. I employ Read message filters to delete decrypted messages automatically after reading. I also employ special macros to enforce encryption and to remove the "Decrypted" from the subject when replying. GJH> I was expecting messages to be verified or decrypted "in-line", GJH> so to speak, making use of the PGP passphrase caching. Making GJH> decrypted copies of a message that anyone passing my GJH> workstation can read when I'm not around seems to go against GJH> the objective of increasing privacy, IMO. Which is why I'm GJH> wondering if I've missed anything? Only deleting the decrypted version once read. If it were decrypted in-line then you really would lose that opportunity since the original message would be replaced with the decrypted version. S/MIME messages are actually handled more as you describe. BTW, if unattended security is of concern to you then you should seriously consider using SecureBat! - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.62 Christmas Edition on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 ' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1rc1-nr1 (Windows 2000) iD8DBQE+E5p5OeQkq5KdzaARAqffAKCkOlMlQhBCiJ1ackrFpvFB8HqW4gCgouiW op2CiE+9rvdh7Z6ljwPScFQ= =XQjN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
