From: attila <attila@primenet.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 05:51:08 +0800
To: Vincent Cate <vince@offshore.com.ai>
Subject: Re: Netscape encrypted email!!
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	aah, yes! now we can all have secure mail from the company 
    which opened its mouth and slipped about key escrow; you know
    them: the same company that sold million of backdoor units to
    NSA!  yeah, right...

		--attila


On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Vincent Cate wrote:

> 
> >   * Integrated email - Netscape Navigator 2.0 offers full-featured and rich
> >     email capabilities, allowing you to both read and send secure email
> >     messages without launching an external email application.
> 
> I downloaded it and checked it out.  But it was not clear how to use this
> secure email - so it may lack something yet in user friendlyness, or I may
> have just missed it.  Anyway, it should be much easier to use than PGP. 
> Are we all going to switch to Netscape for email?  Is anyone using this? 
> Want to tell us how? 
>  
>    --  Vince
> 
> 
>                      INTRODUCING NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR 2.0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> END-USER FEATURES
> 
>    * Enhanced performance - New features such as client-side image mapping,
>      Progressive JPEG support, and support for multiple simultaneous
>      streaming of video, audio, and other data formats enhance the
>      performance of Netscape Navigator 2.0.
> 
>    * Integrated email - Netscape Navigator 2.0 offers full-featured and rich
>      email capabilities, allowing you to both read and send secure email
>      messages without launching an external email application.
> 
>    * Integrated newsgroups - Sort, read, and post newsgroup messages in
>      fully threaded hierarchical windows.
> 
>    * Security - New dynamic trust capability allows users to accept new
>      certificate authorities. Other features include improved security user
>      interface and protection against a site impersonating another site.
> 

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