On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Adam Back wrote: -> Sergey Goldgaber <sergey@el.net> writes: -> > -> > This is only a practical problem related to PGP's lack of popularity. -> > The proposed solution will work in the long run, assuming PGP achieves -> > great popularity. Thus, education of the public concerning PGP and remailers -> > will help make this solution more effective. -> -> Yeah, but if we get to the stage where most people with email -> addresses have PGP keys, sending messages encrytped with PGP won't -> reduce the number of people subjected to messages the don't want to -> see. PGP's current lack of popularity does not prevent spammers from using it. -> A side benefit of using PGP, is that PGP encryption should add some -> overhead to the spammer -- he can probably encrypt less messages per -> second than he can spam down a T3 link. Exactly! A 400,000 address spam will take a non-trivial ammount of time to prepare (46 days, assuming 10secs/message) if every message must be encrypted with an individual's key. ............................................................................ . Sergey Goldgaber <sergey@el.net> System Administrator el Net . ............................................................................ . To him who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say . . - Bertholt Brecht . ............................................................................