> Not being one who uses PGP I have little contact with it. However from
 > what I
 > have seen when I do see a post on FIDO, the top part is in plain text
 > with a
 > second paragraph in PGP mode. I have taken the time to de-code a few of
 > these
 > posts only to find that they are a duplicate of the plain text. This is
 > not
 > to say that the PGP text could not contain other information.
      And as one who does NOT use PGP, *I* have NO way to determine what that
jumble of characters says.  Nor do I wish to be bothered finding out.  In my 
opinion, there's is nothing said in a public echo that really needs to be 
proven secure, which is what PGP signing tries to do.  At least not in a tech 
support echo such as this.
 >
 > And while were on the subject of echo rules, I would also like to
 > challenge
 > the issue of the echo moderator, you, violating your own rules. to wit
 > #3 while "Echo Moderator" is a title and might be considered a handle
 > oralias, it is not your real name.  So by your own rules, you should
 > have your name somewhere in the post.
      Since, everyone knows, or is supposed to know who the echo moderator 
s,
by reading the rules that are autoposted here, I don't see any problem./  And 
that's a moderator's ruling.  :)
 >
 > As far as "adoption" of new rules, why not just declare them, I don't
 > see where we, the users of the echo had any say or discussion.
      First of all, what new rules?  The file that stores the rules was last
updated last December, over 6 months ago.
      And they aren't declared, they're just in place.  There's is to be NO
discussion of them in the echo.  If you wish to follow this up, feel free to 
use netmail or email.
                       .....Bob
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