Daniel, ...Unless you encrypt to a public key belonging to everyone on the mailing list, which certainly can be done, though this means distributing the appropriate public/private key pair, so the keys themselves would also have to be encrypted, probably to each individual user.
Of course, you could also implement something like a bulletin board on HTTP over SSL instead... or maybe SMTP over SSL to each individual list subscriber. (insecure; most subscribers don't run their own mail server) Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--- C++++ UL++++ P L+++ E W++ N o-- K- w O--- M- V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t+ 5 X- R tv+ b DI--- D+ G e-- h++ r--- y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ On Thu, 25 May 2000, Daniel Taylor wrote: > The closest reliable method in that area is PGP encryption > of e-mail. In theory only those people who have the message > signed with their public key will be able to read it. > > In practice I haven't heard otherwise. > > The only place where it isn't appropriate to encrypt (maybe only sign) > is on public mailing lists. > > Daniel Taylor Embedded and custom Linux integration. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (612)747-1609 > > On Thu, 25 May 2000, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > > > > I would like to raise the problem of the security of electronic > > mail. The problem popped into my mind a while ago, while reading > > about Italian legislation on the privacy and, in particular, of > > paper mail. I always wanted to draw the issue to the attention of the > > ``hi spheres'', but I am now in the UK, and the whole thing went into > > the limbo. The problem is simply as follows: there is no legislation > > that enforces the privacy of electronic mail. On the practical side, > > there is no software method currently implemented at large that > > allows the receiver, and only the receiver, to read his/her own mail. > > The secure transmission of mail is part of the whole process. > > The similar issue can easily be extended to the Internet, where sites > > (from the very client to the very server) can record your preferences, > > as if there were a big brother that spies on you and writes all down. > > An immediate consequence of it are all the SPAM mail selling > > financial services... > > > > Sergio > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
