Adding signed mail in netscape

[Brian Minton]

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On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 07:13:27AM -0500, Anthony E . Greene wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 06:51:52 Robert Krueger wrote:
> It's called S/MIME and it's in the IETF process just like OpenPGP. S/MIME
> started with the support of large mail client vendors, including Microsof=
t,
> Lotus, and Netscape. At the time, PGP just did not have the necessary
> feature set, and was owned by a single company.

nowadays, it appears that pgp/mime and s/mime are about the same, but pgp/m=
ime
still relies on pgp being present...  (imnsho, pgp/mime is the better
solution, but we will see what happens in that arena)

>=20
> Times have changed, but Netscape and Outlook still support S/MIME. To sign
> message with S/MIME you'll have to get a certificate from an S/MIME
> Certificate Authority (CA), most of whom charge for the service.

although there is nothing stopping you from being your own ca with programs
such as openssl.

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