[DEMUG] secure email

[Roy Atkinson]

The best thing I've ever heard said about incoming email is:
"We are not responsible for our Inbox."

If people use your Web forms, great. If they send insecure email, it's  
not your problem. You may want to put a disclaimer on your site to  
that effect.


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Roy Atkinson
207.664.9329 (mobile)
Sent from my iPhone

On May 23, 2008, at 8:33 PM, lcarr <lcarr at fish-news.com> wrote:

> Roy,
>
> I can see where PGP would be a solution if I was concerned about  
> sending secure mail, but I'm concerned that customers (and I don't  
> necessarily know who these people are until I receive mail from  
> them) could be sending me information that should be encrypted.  In  
> order for it to be secure wouldn't my potential customers need to be  
> running PGP?  Or am I missing something here.
>
> Leslie
>
>
>
> On May 23, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Roy Atkinson wrote:
>> PGP (pretty good privacy) has been in the business of encrypting  
>> email
>> for a very long time. You can check out
>> http://www.pgp.com/solutions/homeoffice.html
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Roy Atkinson
>> 207.664.9329 (mobile)
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 23, 2008, at 5:56 PM, L Carr <lcarr at fish-news.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way of making email secure?
>>>
>>> I have a secure website that allows me to have forms that supposedly
>>> can't be read by anyone other than the addressee designated in the
>>> form.  I admit I've mostly closed my eyes and taken it on faith that
>>> this is the case.  I've never understood the intricacies involved  
>>> that
>>> actually make it secure.
>>>
>>> I would love however to have an email address that has that same
>>> function.  Every now and again, someone sends me their credit card
>>> number in an email.  I certainly don't ask for them to do it, but  
>>> I'd
>>> feel awful if it was intercepted and stolen.  Is there some way of
>>> making sure that an email can't be hijacked?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any insight into this issue.
>>>
>>> Leslie
>>>
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