What is the benefit of signing an encrypted email

[Laurent Jumet]

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Hello jimbob !

jimbob palmer <jimbobpalmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> In Firefox I can sign or encrypt or encrypt+sign an e-mail.
> In what case would I want my encrypted emails also signed? Does it
> provide any additional benefit over a pure encrypted email?

    If you only sign, mail comes from you and cannot be changed.
    If you only encrypt, mail can be read only by receipient but could be a 
fake with your name.
    If you encrypt and sign, both.

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Laurent Jumet
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