From: "Robert Rothenburg 'Walking-Owl'" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 18:11:02 -0800 (PST)
To: Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
Subject: Re: PGPmail for Windows, Version 4.5
Message-ID: <199701300211.SAA20126@toad.com>
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On 27 Jan 97 at 22:39, Alan Olsen wrote:

You wrote:

> I would like to see PGPMail support Pegusus Mail for the reason that I have
> used the crypto plug-in for Pegusus and found it inadiquate for general
> usage.

Same here. The PGP plug in was awful... (if it didn't find the key... 
and the key had to have the exact user-id you were mailing to) it 
sent it out in the clear. A serious bug.

> Pegusus's current crypto hooks do not deal well with remailers and multiple
> keys.  PGPMail does not deal with remailers as well as I would like, but it
> is far easier to use than the Pegusus solution.

Might be worth making suggestions to the Pegasus Mail team... now 
that PGPMail is out, they could 'modify' the plug-ins for Version 3.0 
(which I hear they are working on).  Since it's made in New Zealand, 
there's no ITAR/EAR problems.

As for remailers, once crypto is plugged in, a remailer plug-in with 
would work. (That's possibly an easy-enough hack too.)

An API for PGPMail you'd be a nice thing... then one can write apps 
to use it.

Rob


 

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