1994-09-27 - Mandatory email verification

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From: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
To: “Dr. D.C. Williams” <dcwill@ee.unr.edu>
Message Hash: 6311a1143635a578b1da238053ebecb4542e8b8df06ed8aa1198c7477f14613f
Message ID: <9409272151.AA02026@vail.tivoli.com>
Reply To: <199409272123.OAA09324@python>
UTC Datetime: 1994-09-27 21:51:54 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:51:54 PDT

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From: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:51:54 PDT
To: "Dr. D.C. Williams" <dcwill@ee.unr.edu>
Subject: Mandatory email verification
In-Reply-To: <199409272123.OAA09324@python>
Message-ID: <9409272151.AA02026@vail.tivoli.com>
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D. C. Williams writes:
 > Is anyone aware of a way to modify sendmail to require a verified
 > digital signature for all mail sent?...

 > Has anyone done any work along these lines? Is there an obvious
 > fault with a system which would operate in this manner?

I think that changing "sendmail" to do this would have lots of
repercussions.  Many services send mail automatically, and most of
them aren't equipped to do digital signatures.

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• 1994-09-27 (Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:25:48 PDT) - Mandatory email verification - “Dr. D.C. Williams” <dcwill@ee.unr.edu>
  • 1994-09-27 (Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:51:54 PDT) - Mandatory email verification - m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
  • 1994-09-27 (Tue, 27 Sep 94 15:02:23 PDT) - Re: Mandatory email verification - Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
  • 1994-09-27 (Tue, 27 Sep 94 15:48:37 PDT) - Re: Mandatory email verification - mccoy@io.com (Jim McCoy)
    • 1994-09-28 (Wed, 28 Sep 94 05:32:17 PDT) - Re: Mandatory email verification - dps@kafka.atinc.com (Doug Shapter)
      • 1994-09-28 (Wed, 28 Sep 94 06:34:03 PDT) - Re: Mandatory email verification - “Dr. D.C. Williams” <dcwill@ee.unr.edu>
        • 1994-09-28 (Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:56:47 PDT) - Re: Mandatory email verification - “Dave Emery” <die@pig.die.com>
      • 1994-09-28 (Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:53:15 PDT) - Re: Mandatory email verification - mccoy@io.com (Jim McCoy)