Am Fr, den 08.10.2004 schrieb James Marcinek um 16:24: > I was compelled to especially after reading all of the useless banter that > people were responding to (as per usual) but meant no offense just a simple > quick answer. I figured that someone watching the thread might be able to give > me a pointer... How a discussion goes you can never predict. I would even say, to demand a 5 words answer for a question would be kind of an overcharge :) > I don't know what you're talking about 'top post' I replied to one of the other > posts, nothing more, nothing less. Again not trying to offend anyone and get > more useless crap on a list I would hope to be focused on technical things... "top-posting" means to place the reply above the previous text. A short example: A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting. Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? In our cultural horizons we are used to read from top to bottom. In private postings it "might" make some sense to have an answer at top of a previous posting and that one fully quoted. Though I am not sure if it really makes sense then. But very certain on mailing lists and in usenet postings it is nonsense, especially full quoting. 2 links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Top-posting_or_bottom-posting A short comment on the second sentence of that part of your mail: technical things mostly ever have to a social component. And I feel a mailing list is a good place to discuss both elements. > I'm using a web based application OpenGroupware (on ssl) with postfix and > cyrus-imapd on the backend; however I could use either Outlook or Evolution to > connect to. I wasn't sure if it was a server based method or on a client (such > as you mentioned). However if a server based signing is possible I would prefer > that. Digitally signing makes only sense if it is bound to persons. It has something to do with privacy and the proof who has sent a mail. PGP (GPG) keys are meant as personal "certificates" and are bound to specific email addresses. To store the private part of these keys on a central server would evidently conflict with elementary privacy and security aspects. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp Serendipity 16:40:12 up 8 days, 19:06, load average: 0.34, 0.29, 0.32
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