From: "Erik E. Fair" (Time Keeper) <fair@clock.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 12:14:22 -0800 (PST)
To: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: "censorship in cyberspace"???
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Simple enough to solve:

1. all E-mail messages must be crypto-signed by the author's private key.

2. the list exploder verifies the key against the list membership, and only
forwards the message to the distribution list if the signature matches a
member of the list.

3. New members are added through invitation or introduction (hand wave).

Q.E.D.

There are, of course, some technology integration and ease-of-use issues
here, given that no commonly used commercial E-mail software will do #1.

	Erik