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From: phil@wubios.wustl.edu (J. Philip Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: encryption and elm
Keywords: encryption elm
Message-ID: <1990Nov28.024805.16530@wubios.wustl.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 90 02:48:05 GMT
References: <4516@cocoa7.UUCP>
Organization: Division of Biostatistics, WUMS, St. Louis, MO
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In article <4516@cocoa7.UUCP> protofan@motcid.UUCP (Mike S. Protofanousis) writes:
>When I try to save a message which has been [encoded], the resulting
>file is not decoded.
>
>I believe elm should ask for the decryption key and then save 
>the file!


I strongly disagree with this.  I do not want a plain text version of my
message stored in my folder directory - if I want it encrypted, then I want
all copies of it encrypted, not just during transmission.


Would Mike also suggest that the sender's copy also exist as plain text in
their outgoing folder?

-phil
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