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From:Alan Buxey
Date:16 Aug 2000 at 11:31:05
Subject:Re: PGP and UUen/decode

hi,

> But they can still read every message someone ever sent to you, and vice
> versa (if they have their key as well)

so? I'm not a criminal, terrorist or any subversive. Most of my email would
be 100% boring to them...if not all ;-) I just dont like my mail being read
by others who arent supposed to be reading it.

> Changing your key only affects FUTURE correspondance.

yep.

> And the next mail would be "btw I have £50 worth of crack cocaine, we'll share
> it after we get ratarsed, matey!"

> And then you go to prison.

1) it wouldnt be that and
2) you really think the police care about anyone with sub-100 values of drugs?

> odd IP-NAT config - and bypass the ISP by having most mail sent directly to
> me (there is no guarantee that any mail will hit a certain SMTP server apart
> from the destination one... IIRC)

the packets would still go THROUGH the ISP though ;-)

alan

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