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After meeting his own wife, Vir was talking to Duane Schultz about Re:
WPGP version 1.6:

>Am I missing something here ? When *I* compress a text message using
>PGP, the message size actually *drops* by at least 50%, often more than
>80%.....

I think you are.  PGP doesn't "compress" anything.  It encrypts.  And I
have noticed that a 10 line message encrypted with PGP turns out to be
50% +bigger+ in line count than the plaintext version.

>When I encrypt I large binary file, a 50 MB arj file for example, the
>resultant encrypted file is 500 K *smaller*....

That's using ZIP/ARJ etc.  A true file compression util.

>I think that you should probably consider the validity of your *facts*
>before making abusive posts such as this one.....

Uh huh.

>If you have such a negative attitude towards the generalized use of PGP,
>then what the heck are you bothering to read this newsgroup for in the
>first place ? If it is just to distribute pearls of wisdom such as the
>above, I can assure you that myself, and (I suspect) many other reader
>would be just as happy if you went somewhere else.....

Check the headers again.  This entire thread is x-posted into four
newsgroups.

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ttul8r,
Jeffrey Kaplan   <*>  <gordol@tiac.net> Note: This address may change!
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"First you have one, and that...nyeeeh nyeeh.  And then there's two.
And then by the time you get to five it's <heavy breathing>."
    - Vir