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 Message 500 
 Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins 
 Re: not encrypted, but still needs decod 
 10 Jan 20 09:24:51 
 
TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes
TZUTC: 0100
CHRS: UTF-8 2
PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221
MSGID: 2:280/464 5e1834d4
REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e0411c85
Hi August,

On 2020-01-09 18:50:00, you wrote to me:

 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

 AA> [snip]

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

 WvV>> owGbwMvMwMRovbl2hdf0ydqMaxlNk7jS83NSUlP0covT48Qnf/DIVHAsTS8tLtHh
 WvV>> 4vLPUzAyMDLQNTDUNbBUMDKyMja3MjDVUajML1UoL8ovSVUoyVfITbXi4lKws1Nw


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

 AA> Maybe we are being too loose with the terminology.

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

I'm already trying to do that. "Ascii encoding" is not the same as
"Encrypting" ! ;)


Bye, Wilfred.

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