Question regarding clearsigning emails automatically

Martin trappedvector@crosswinds.net
Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:43:03 +0100


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On Thursday, December 14, 2000 (CS:4.50.349) 18:08:48 [PM] (+0100)
Werner Koch [wk@gnupg.org] wrote...


> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Lars Hecking wrote:
>=20
> > IMHO signing list email is a useless and wasteful exercise, especially
> > if the sender hasn't submitted his/her keys to the public keyservers.
>=20
> Well, that depends on the content of the mail. But you are right,
> for the bulk of ML traffic, there is no need for signing.
>=20
> Werner
It you dont upload your key to the keyservers signing is useless and=20 wasteful. On the other hand any signature is (mostly) a waste of bandwith! BB mh --=20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -= - - No signature - Saving bandwith! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -= - - --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE6OpBnffxhyW5sNDERApwqAJwP2U/KOGcaSfnV/9GjMkxVXrmn6gCgi2YU 79YYk5I2GrQxzXLIc+1W6ds= =/+ch -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk-- -- Archive is at http://lists.gnupg.org - Unsubscribe by sending mail with a subject of "unsubscribe" to gnupg-users-request@gnupg.org