On 1/5/2020 7:03 AM, between "Wilfred van Velzen : August Abolins":

 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!

But we really don't know the exact route a netmail will take.

For a user, unless they analyze the nodelist or confirm things with
their sysop, netmail is unreliable.

I also use point-software (OpenXP) which allows sending crash mail. With
that, I could crash my encrypted netmail to its final destination with
confidence to any system that flies the U,ENC flags.


 AA>> That's the beauty of pulling down the keys and checking
 AA>> their properties. The properties will reveal creation
 AA>> dates, expiry dates, revocations, etc. It would be
 AA>> relatively easy to just pick the most recent date, and send
 AA>> a brief hello message with a CC: and see which ones reach
 AA>> their target.

 WvV> If there are multiple keys to choose from...

Yeah, tracking people down from the past that have only one email addy
listed on the servers with an expired key could be a challenge.

 ../|ug

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