1993-08-28 - Re: PGP-MIME

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From: Timothy Newsham <newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu>
To: huntting@misc.glarp.com (Brad Huntting)
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Reply To: <199308292250.AA00175@mini.glarp.com>
UTC Datetime: 1993-08-28 23:53:14 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 16:53:14 PDT

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From: Timothy Newsham <newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 16:53:14 PDT
To: huntting@misc.glarp.com (Brad Huntting)
Subject: Re: PGP-MIME
In-Reply-To: <199308292250.AA00175@mini.glarp.com>
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> 
> As I see it, the main problems PGP-MIME would be (1) The lack of
> MIME capable readers available for PC's and MAC's (the preferred
> platforms for anyone concerned about PGP security).  But more
> importantly, (2) it's not obvious how to make a painless transition
> from PGP-2 to PGP-MIME.

check out the PCPINE package,  it does mime.  It can read mail
out of an mbox, or a remote mailbox using IMAP or POP (assuming
you have a network connection).

> brad
> 





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