On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 13:44:42 +0000, Tim Tyler wrote: > In comp.lang.java.programmer Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted: > >> Read my essay. >> http://mindprod.com/projects.html/mailreadernewsreader.html > > FYI, this bit: > > ``Like ICQ, someone cannot send you mail without your prior permission. > They can't send you mail because they don't have your public key to > encrypt the mail.'' > > ...is pretty confusing - because "public key" is a term with a technical > meaning in cryptography - and a public key really *is* public.
The term you want is "wrong", not "confusing". -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list