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   Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins   
   Re: enc + netmail   
   05 Jan 20 17:27:07   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5e120e5f   
   REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5e1204cc   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2020-01-05 17:46:25, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>>> Next to being able to sign messages in echomail/newsgroups,   
    AA>>> fully encrypted messages only make sense in email - direct   
    AA>>> to a specific individual.   
      
    WvV>> Or routed netmail!   
      
    AA> But we really don't know the exact route a netmail will take.   
      
   Nope.   
      
    AA> For a user, unless they analyze the nodelist or confirm things with   
    AA> their sysop, netmail is unreliable.   
      
   Indeed. But I doubt many systems still filter-out/bounce netmail with   
   encrypted content.   
      
    AA> I also use point-software (OpenXP) which allows sending crash mail.   
    AA> With that, I could crash my encrypted netmail to its final destination   
    AA> with confidence to any system that flies the U,ENC flags.   
      
   And in case of a point as destination of which the boss has the ENC flag. You   
   can crash the encrypted netmail at the boss's system...   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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