newbie problems

[Max Brandt]

 >>I see that GPGshell gives me the option, in GnuPG preferences, to
 >>remove this warning (no-mdc-warning). As there appears to be no
 >>option in PGP8 relating to modification detection code, I
 >>assume that PGP (at least in the freeware version) encrypts
 >>without mdc, which would make all messages vulnerable to message
 >>modifications attacks. Am I correct?

 >PGP  always encrypts without MDC, though it can understand
 >MDC-protected messages generated elsewhere.
 >David
 >
 >  David Shaw  |  dshaw@jabberwocky.com  |  WWW http://www.jabberwocky.com/

That seems a good reason not to use PGP 8

Cheers
Max B