From: eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 94 08:02:20 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: "Cyherpunks Named Official Signing Authority"
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From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
First of all, I am generally commenting on this:
"I am still considering the "sign-or-delay" proposal for the toad.com
server, that is, sign your articles to the list or they'll be delayed
and eventually rejected." [Eric Hughes, 1994-11-28]
Tim, I've not been referring to that exact proposal for some time now.
In very specific detail, I have dropped the premise that they might be
rejected. This happened almost immediately after this recent
discussion began. I wanted to restrict discussion to what might be
implemented first to avoid the (alas, unavoided) less than productive
discussions about what could happen later.
Was I insufficiently clear that I was now discussing a smaller
proposal?
What I see is that you are refusing (by omission) to address the
subject at hand. I see a direct, if not intentional, effort to
address something that is not what I have been talking about.
"Eventually rejected" mean to me that unsigned messages will not be
passed through to the list. I call this a "compelled signature" in
that the signature is compulsory, not optional.
This is all well and good, but it is on a different but related
subject.
I ask again the quetion that I specifically asked before. I'll even
not abbreviate to be clear that I'm actually asking for two things.
Does a marking action by the server create a compulsion to sign? Does
a delay action by the server create a compulsion to sign?
Eric
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