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1997-09-16 - Re: PGP Usability

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
To: Lizard <cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <3.0.3.32.19970915230203.006b9d4c@popd.ix.netcom.com>
Reply To: <199709151709.KAA05123@gabber.c2.net>
UTC Datetime: 1997-09-16 06:20:46 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 14:20:46 +0800

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 14:20:46 +0800
To: Lizard <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP Usability
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At 10:40 AM 9/15/97 -0700, Lizard wrote:
>PGP/Eudora is a wonderful example of this. All that is needed to use it is
>one extra step (after install) -- typing your passphrase to sign a message
>before it is sent. Otherwise, it works the same as it always has. As a side
>effect, you can right-click to encrypt any file you can see in Explorer.
>Simple, quick, and usable even by the brain-dead, once you've convinced
>them TO use it. (And I forgot to bring my key file to work, so my Eudora
>here is useless for those purposes. Bother.)

So generate a work key at work, for encrypting/signing work stuff, and get
your home key off the keyservers for encrypting stuff for home use.

I'm also highly pleased to see Eudora and PGP together, since there's
a base of about 20 million Eudora users that PGP will pick up some of.
				Thanks!
					Bill
Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com
Regular Key PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF  3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

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