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Well, I have just had to start administering our mail server, and it
has shown me what a big problem spam and worms are posing.  The way I
see things, if I sign all of my messages, then people instantly know
that this is from me, it is not spoofed and there is 0% chance that
there is any kind of worm of virus included.  It requires me to
provide my master password whenever sending an email, therefore worms
can't just send out junk to every address in my contacts (including
this list).  While I'm sure the chances are low, why even give them a
chance?

Justin,

P.s. Does this type of signing mess up anyones client view?  It's
messy, and to be honest it doesn't really verify that I am who I say
(unlike digital certificates).  Still it's something.

Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:

|
|> -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu
|> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Fielding
|> Sent: 24 November 2004 17:14 To: Microcontroller discussion list
|> - Public. Subject: Re: [PIC]: Newbie needs help
|>
|>
|> This is a horrible bug in your mail clients.  Thunderbird shows
|> them just fine :)
|>
|> Seriously though, this is a serious issue, and digital signing is
|> not something which people should have to disable for mailing
|> lists etc.  It should be something which is encoraged.
|>
|
| Does digital signing really add much when posting to public mailing
|  list?  I'm happy to be educated on the point, but I can only see
| it's usefullness for confidential/important emails (not saying the
| list isn't important, but you know what I mean).
|
| Mike
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