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Re: What email encryption is actually in use?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Saylor)
Wed Oct 2 14:32:07 2002
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 14:11:18 -0400
From: John Saylor <johns@worldwinner.com>
To: Jeremey Barrett <jeremey@rot26.com>
Cc: Matthew Byng-Maddick <cryptography@lists.colondot.net>,
cryptography@wasabisystems.com
In-Reply-To: <3D9B31ED.6000104@rot26.com>
Hi
( 02.10.02 12:50 -0500 ) Jeremey Barrett:
> but it's always better to encrypt than not, even if no additional
> trust is gained.
While I generally am on board with this, I can see a situation where the
encryption overhead [and complexity] may be excessive [underpowered mail
servers administered by beginners] compared to the gains.
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