From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:00:51 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP 5.5 available outside US
Message-ID: <199710310747.IAA13847@basement.replay.com>
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> It seems that unknown Cypherpunks have yet again shown their disrespect of
> US export laws by exporting the latest version of PGP. The Windows version
> of PGP 5.5 is now available for your downloading pleasure at
> ftp://ftp.replay.com/pub/crypto/incoming/PGP55.zip

> -- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP encrypted email preferred.
>    "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?"

First, a PGP employee announces that PGP 5.5 is available for download.
Second, I try to download it a dozen times, only to have the connection
  broken each time, after outrageously long periods of waiting for an
  extremely slow transfer.
Third, PGP 5.5 disappears from the server.
Fourth, everyone I talk to tells me their attempt to download the
  file failed.

I don't _need_ PGP 5.5. I have a beta-test version of PGP 5.0 which
serves me rudimentarily well for my purposes. I would like to check
out PGP 5.5 in order to make a proper evaluation of the features
and technology involved, but it seems that it is not available for
this purpose.
PGP will undoubtedly survive without my support, but I find it sad
that after many years of supporting PGP products, I can no longer
do so with any amount of integrity.

Anonymous