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From: leo@unipalm.uucp (E.J. Leoni-Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Are There Standards For Secure Mail Transfer Via SMTP?
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.110317.3949@unipalm.uucp>
Date: 8 Feb 91 11:03:17 GMT
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Organization: Unipalm Ltd., Cambridge, England
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Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) writes:

>Can someone briefly discuss any standards that might exist, or be
>in the process of development, for the sending of secure mail via
>SMTP or via the Internet.  Also, are there any relevant RFCs on
>this topic?

>Thanks,
>Will Estes        (apple!cup.portal.com!Will)

Do you mean secure as in - 'I know the guy got it', or secure as in 
'if someone else got it they need 20 years on a Cray to decrypt it?'

Surely encryption/decryption of data is not a tcp/ip issue?
Or is it.