-=> Quoting Bill Cheek to Pete Hopping <=-
 PH> I don't see any valid reason for someone to include a PGP signature
 PH> in any FidoNet echo. Echomail being echomail, it's not "private"
 PH> in the first place.
 BC> No, but what if three or four "Pete Hopping's" start posting hither
 BC> and yon? What if orders are placed in your name?
Some verification of authenticity can be found in the origin line.
Not much, I admit, but some.
 PH> PGP has no place in FidoNet echomail.
 BC> Well, that could be.  But no matter what we think of it, security for
 BC> telecoms is on the way......and it is not likely that Fido will
 BC> continue to plow its furrows with a horse.
Well, Fido would have to get much more commercial than it now is, I
think, before PGP sigs would have a valid purpose. Ordering stuff
via Fido is currently not permitted under Policy 4, from what I can
figure out by reading it. Commercialism is frowned upon...ie:
doing regular business on Fido. (casual sales depend on echo rules.)
 BC> SO what about taglines?  Is a tagline a less of a waste than a digital
 BC> sig?
Taglines are normally limited to one line, right? Even adding the
origin line and tearline and software version line doesn't come
close to taking up the space that a PGP sig takes.
... No wunna work.  Wunna talk on Radio.
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