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to: AUGUST ABOLINS
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2020-01-05 17:26:00
subject: Re: enc + netmail

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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