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   Message 497 of 845   
   August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen   
   not encrypted, but still needs decoding?   
   09 Jan 20 18:50:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e0411c85   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.42 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   Hello Wilfred!   
      
   ** 09.01.20 - 22:08, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    WvV>Below is my reply to your message. It's *not encrypted* only signed   
    WvV>(but not clearsigned). Anyone with gpg can decode it and view it's   
    WvV>contents   
      
   [snip]   
      
    WvV>-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----   
    WvV>Version: GnuPG v2   
      
    WvV>owGbwMvMwMRovbl2hdf0ydqMaxlNk7jS83NSUlP0covT48Qnf/DIVHAsTS8tLtHh   
    WvV>4vLPUzAyMDLQNTDUNbBUMDKyMja3MjDVUajML1UoL8ovSVUoyVfITbXi4lKws1Nw   
      
      
   An "only signed" message produces what still looks encrypted.   
      
   Maybe we are being too loose with the terminology.   
      
   Maybe we should say, just signing a message *encodes* it.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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