2) They seem to be afraid to pass/store encrypted messages on their system. This indicates to me a lack of understanding of the concept of privacy. They seem to buy into the idea that "only BAD people encrypt email."
Most of them are scared to death over possible liability, like if someone is selling credit card numbers and using their BBS to forward the messages, they feel they could be legally liable. There have been too many instances of folks getting their computers confiscated over this sort of thing. Personally, I feel like it's all a scam, cooked up by those in the DA's office who are jealous because ours are bigger than theirs are. ;) A 486/50 with a couple of GB HD and a SVGA monitor and a couple of 1.4K modems is a pretty hard thing to pass up if you're short on computing power in the DA's office ... and short on $$$... :( -- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 510/659-9560 anon-0001@khijol.uucp If you want magic, let go of your armor. Magic is so much stronger than steel! -- Richard Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever"