🚀 go-pugleaf

Allan Mikkelsen (amikkels@melbpc.org.au) wrote:
: On Sat, 20 Apr 1996 11:53:40 GMT, goran@adevik.pp.se (Goran Adevik)
: wrote:

: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

: >Well WPGP is expensive. You have to give Mr Gostl 35 bucks. If you
: >stop drinking for a few months you will manage it and it's worth the
: >suffering. More over it's only good for you anyway  ?;^)

: The $35 is nothing compared to the costs you are imposing on all users
: of the internet by using PGP and inflating your message by about 50%.


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%.....

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

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

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.....


Duane Schultz
ccdps@luxor.latrobe.edu.au

: I certainly hope that if newsreaders authors are to include an
: automatic PGP system with their products, they also provide an
: automatic filter to enable me to ignore any usenet messages with this
: rubbish.

: I do understand the need for message and signature verification in
: some cases.  However, I cannot for the life of me see any case for it
: in the quoted message. 


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: Allan Mikkelsen                amikkels@melbpc.org.au
: Melbourne PC User Group