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 Message 498 
 August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen 
 not encrypted, only signed 
 10 Jan 20 05:39:12 
 
MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5e17f1de
REPLY: 2:280/464 5e17a1a0
PID: JamNNTPd/OS2 1.3 20191227
TID: GE/2 1.2
CHRS: IBMPC 2
TZUTC: 0200
On 1/9/2020 4:52 PM, between "Wilfred van Velzen : August Abolins":

 WvV>>> Below is my reply to your message. It's not encrypted
 WvV>>> only signed (but not clearsigned). Anyone with gpg can
 WvV>>> decode it and view it's contents. If they have my public
 WvV>>> key they can verify it was me who wrote it. Why you would
 WvV>>> want to do it this way, I don't know. I can't think of a
 WvV>>> use-case for it...

I will believe that when I get an -s signed message from someone for
whom I do not have a key.  Maybe mark will oblige, as I do not have his key.

 AA>> TB decrypted it automatically, (but it obscured your
 AA>> preface above; the decryption result in TB fills the whole
 AA>> reading window of the open message).

 WvV> I get the same thing when I decode a message with mixed
 WvV> content from within golded. It's to be expected. But golded
 WvV> doesn't decode unless told to, so I always see the mixed
 WvV> content first...

I just discovered something interesting.  TB 60 obscures the clear-text
preface after auto-decrytion, but TB 2.0.0.24 (the one I am using now)
shows both mixed content *with* the decrypted part.  I like the way the
older TB/Enigma operates!   But sadly, I may have to leave TB 2.0.0.24
when my Win10 pc is ready to use.  :(

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