[X4U] list ettiguette faux pas

[Simon Forster]

On 6 Nov 2007, at 14:02, Jim Robertson wrote:

> On 11/5/07 7:21 AM, "Vince Lewis" <vplewis at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Check out Thawte. They offer a freemail signing and encryption   
>> service. It
>> adds a text-based key to your email. Also, dotMac users  get  
>> Apple's version
>> as part of the subscription price. ciao, Vince
>
> Proves (some of) my point. The non-text attachment that the listserv
> management software scrubbed, leaving behind a cryptic post on the  
> digest,
> WAS my Thawte signature key. Proving who I am with this digital  
> stamp often
> makes my communications indecipherable to the recipients.

So only prove who you are to those that care (and this list doesn't  
care). Almost certainly you'll want 2 email accounts - a public  
(insecure) persona and a private, signed you. In this age of free  
gmail, hotmail, xmail accounts, this shouldn't be too onerous.

Simon Forster
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