On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 11:10:42AM +0200, Rocco Rutte wrote: | * Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:43:23PM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: | | > | personally, i find that disallowing attachments on | > | mailing lists is fine. | | > Don't forget that PGP/MIME signatures are "attachments". | > It is a good thing to allow signed mail. | | Generally yes but not on all mailing lists. To take your | mail as an example, I don't see any advantage;
As long as you don't trust my key, then there is limited advantage.
| the only thing I know for sure (with a sucessfully verified
| signature) is that someone with your name really signed a mail with
| a key containing your user id.
Which is useful because you at least know that I'm not being
impersonated.
If, at some point, you trust my key then you'll know a lot more about
the messages (both new and old ones, as long as the same key was
used).
-D
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If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to
all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he
asks he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave
of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
James 1:5-6
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