From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-06-16 22:53:08 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:53:08 +0800
From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:53:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Snake Oil on the Water...
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960616181936.00cb76fc@mail.teleport.com>
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I recieved this on another list. The snake oil is starting to flow pretty
heavy. I expect it to get worse...
>Subject: Windows 3.x or Win95 FREEWARE Mail/Encryption Program
>X-UIDL: 788ef8d7083cb4f8e94b2c20183773b5
>
>Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 13:26:23 -0600
>To: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor)
>From: Joe Horn <6mysmesa@1eagle1.com>
>Subject: Re: Security and Freedom through FREEWARE Mail/Encryption Program.
>
>
>At the following two sites, you may download the FREEWARE Pegasus Mail
>program version 2.3.3 16 bit for windows 3.x or a version for WIN95. The
>unique thing about it, besides its simplicity and that it's a great mail
>program better than Eudora, it has a built in encryption program that is as
>effective as PGP and lots simpler. All you do is agree on a password with
>your correspondent. That simple. The encryption program and the mail program
>were developed in New Zealand, and were legally imported, so the encryption
>program is better than PGP, which is regulated by Federal Cypher Laws.
>Honest.Plus, it's free. The sites are:
>
>http://www.pegasus.usa.com/
>
>or
>
>http://www.env.com/tucows/files/winpm233.zip
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