Re: Mailinglist programs with PGP-encryption?

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Eric Murray (ericm@lne.com)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:00:56 -0800

On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 04:43:31PM -0800, Michael Motyka wrote:
> Jukka E Isosaari wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Are there any mailinglist programs that would let the
> > subscribers to give a public PGP-key for encrypting all the
> > list e-mails when subscribing, and that would also handle
> > them automatically? Would it be hard to implement this?
> > Preferably the program should also be able to handle
> > it's own key and be able to accept encrypted e-mail
> > sent by subscribers.
> >
> > ++ J
> >
> It doesn't sound particularly difficult but I don't get the point - if
> anyone can subscribe to the list a la majordomo then what's the point of
> encrypting the mail?
 

-authenticating posts
-restricting messages to list members
-getting people used to using PGP
-cover traffic 

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