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 Message 497 
 August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen 
 not encrypted, but still needs decoding? 
 09 Jan 20 18:50:00 
 
MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e0411c85
PID: OpenXP/5.0.42 (Win32)
CHRS: ASCII 1
TZUTC: -0500
Hello Wilfred!

** 09.01.20 - 22:08, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

 WvV>Below is my reply to your message. It's *not encrypted* only signed
 WvV>(but not clearsigned). Anyone with gpg can decode it and view it's
 WvV>contents

[snip]

 WvV>-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
 WvV>Version: GnuPG v2

 WvV>owGbwMvMwMRovbl2hdf0ydqMaxlNk7jS83NSUlP0covT48Qnf/DIVHAsTS8tLtHh
 WvV>4vLPUzAyMDLQNTDUNbBUMDKyMja3MjDVUajML1UoL8ovSVUoyVfITbXi4lKws1Nw


An "only signed" message produces what still looks encrypted.

Maybe we are being too loose with the terminology.

Maybe we should say, just signing a message *encodes* it.


  ../|ug

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SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854 310/31 317/3
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