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From: rob@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Using crypt() in encode.c
Message-ID: <4566@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Date: 23 Jan 89 15:54:47 GMT
References: <1366@vsi1.COM> <1381@vsi1.COM>
Reply-To: rob@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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In article <1381@vsi1.COM> lmb@vicom.COM (Larry Blair ) writes:
+o To my thinking, encrypting the mail is mainly to prevent nosy people
+  with system priviledges from prying.  Anyone who truly wants to crack
+  your message won't be deterred by crypting the key.  If you want a "safe"
+  message, use crypt(1) on the whole thing.

Beware: crypt can produce non-ascii characters, which email doesn't tolerate.
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