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Re: pgp signing in van

2013-09-08 18:38:47
Subject: Re: pgp signing in van Date: Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 09:50:19PM +0000 
Quoting Ted Lemon (Ted(_dot_)Lemon(_at_)nominum(_dot_)com):
On Sep 8, 2013, at 5:33 PM, Michael Richardson 
<mcr+ietf(_at_)sandelman(_dot_)ca> wrote:
To all the people who posted to this thread about how they don't know what
a PGP key signature means, and who did not PGP or S/MIME their email:

What's the upside to signing my email?   I know why I want everybody I know 
to sign my email, but what's the upside for me if I do it?   Until there's a 
clear win, it's not going to happen.
 
If you, (like I am) are persistent in signing all email, an unsigned
email from you is going to Raise Concerns.

Bonus point: Signed email gets insane upvotes in Spamassassin. 

Mutt, Mulberry, and Mail.app (the latter with GPGMail) all do a splendid
job of checking the box for you so that you mostly effortlessly can sign
all outgoing email. The software is there. The web of trust still is a
pain to maintain, but the tools and the benefits are both present. 

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