correction, Re: HushMail interoperability

[David Shaw]

On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 11:13:14PM -0700, Len Sassaman wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, [Windows-1252] David Pic=F3n =C1lvarez wrote:
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> > Anyway, this means I can't communicate securely to people using hushm=
ail,
> > which sucks.
>=20
> Not true, really. If you get them to send you their keys, you won't hav=
e
> to use Hushmail's web form at all. And if you encrypt to them, just add
> "--disable-mdc" to the command, or put disable-mdc in your
> ~/.gnupg/options file. The Hushmail user will then be able to decrypt y=
our
> messages with no problems.
>=20
> (I think --disable-mdc is the right switch.)

It is.  However, it is important to only use --disable-mdc for
Hushmail users and not disable it for everyone.

David

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