-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Eric Hughes scribbles:
Fine. I still win. My purpose is to communicate that I want list users to use encryption. If you feel the need to use someone else's service, then you have at least been exposed to the fact that signatures are desired at toad.com.
Some people may find a way around it. OK. I still get the initial sign-on message that new users see. Most people get the message. That's what I want.
As a personal policy I don't sign usenet news or mailing list postings, unless special circumstances arise, I sign most personal email where the text will be longer than the signature, or I know the other person is a proponent of PGP, and I encrypt messages to people I know can receive them without too much pain. I don't sign/encrypt to mailing list, as many people get disgruntled by it, and can cause problems of it's own. I suspect that most people on the list have worked with PGP at some point, simply because of the nature of the list. I don't see a problem with signing/encrypting to Cypherpunks for 90% of the people that contribute. How about just an annoyance responder that sends a piece of mail to people who post without signing/encrypting, telling them they should be encrypting, that it's the preferred method of doing things, and to do so in the future if possible? As a side note, if you want people to sign their notes, why aren't you doing so now? I apologize if this has already been asked and I missed it, and it's not intended as a flame, but it would seem that signing your own messages would be a good way of starting things toward the direction you want to go. Bob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.1 iQCVAwUBLtyNZuS0CjsjWS0VAQFa+QQAqxXi8zCdKSQZKPBY2TdAxkj5qtGrA3Os berJslmnPdnpdc1xfpoWBnnT57d/z6EyExh1rDRxlXmENbB3uxl/X+ycq3XooiJo 0d0OeSiuHlKZLjEHN5en2b/6Lzv2uyxCRsJyfwJ8c+AIKsOiupRqBo8/jPnJ5zhf QYXDnVeZ5Gw= =Fdp+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----