From: lowton@typhon.dra.hmg.gb (Andy Lowton)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 93 08:51:54 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: reading mail
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 > My question is this: how does he know that the mail is encrypted if he's
 > not examining the mail that passes through his system? If he *is*
 > examining the mail that passes through his system, it seems likely that he
 > is violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
 > 
 > 
 > --Mike

He could be using an automatic search for the string at the beginning of
pgp encrypted messages.  Maybe someone on his system could check this out
by removing the strings and seeing if he notices it then.  Not that I'm
encouraging anyone to break the rules of the system you understand :)

mr lotion