[conspire] Mailing list servers and the spam problem

[Scott DuBois]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 02:07:18PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> This _could_ work if (1) people have a chain of signatures permitting
> them to trust that the key is yours, and (2) they are bothering to check
> keys at all.
> 
> And that's almost nobody, at present.

Yeah, you're right and it's a shame as a simple adoption as such could solve a
_lot_ of current email issues such as the ones you describe.

Funny, I just recently sent and email to relatives about my diploma being in the
mail and one responded about how she couldn't read the attachment as it was all
garbled. I had to chuckle a bit, then just drop my head and sigh with empathy.

-- 
Scott DuBois           "If you can't explain it simply, you
BSIT/SE	                don't understand it well enough."
EFF ID: 1731778                                 -- Einstein



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