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In article <fringeDAHGp0.KnM@netcom.com> fringe@netcom.com (Fringe Ryder) writes:

>  >  jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley) writes:
>  >  
>  >  Martin, this proved my point perfectly.  It's been two days since I posted
>  >  this claim of a forged post and the *only* person who verified it was Gary
>  >  McGath himself.  That is, NO ONE ELSE EXCEPT THE POSTER HIMSELF BOTHERS TO
>  >  CHECK PGP KEYS -- even when there's a public question about the origin of
>  >  a post.  
>  
>  John, all it proves is that we learned to completely ignore messages
>  from you very quickly.  Perhaps lots of people simply kill-filed you,
>  while others (such as me) see your name in the [From:] and move on
>  to the next message without reading.

I'm not sure why John is asserting that "NO ONE....BOTHERS TO CHECK
PGP KEYS" when I posted just a few days ago that I check every single
PGP signed message I read, and that I know of others who do the same
(because I wrote the software they use to do so).

Bottom line: John is incorrect.

'Fringe' is absolutely correct in his rebutal: John is being ignored
by a non-zero number of people (i.e. at least me).  I haven't kill
filed him yet ( a rare honor...I find there are few people who never
have *anything* interesting to say...I won't start a new flame by
mentioning the one poster on this group who has been plonked by
me... ), but I tend to skim, or skip over entirely, his posts.
   
When I saw his "does not verify" message, I knew it was bogus, because
I had read all the previous messages, and they all verified.

>  I have verified messages before.  Sometimes, when somebody says
>  something stupid or out-of-character, I verify the message and then
>  go back and verify their more-normal messages to make sure the public
>  key is the same on both.  Hence signing all messages is reasonable,
>  since it helps establish a consistency of pattern used to identify
>  you as much as your signature is.
>   
>  I'll grant you that I seldom verify (or sign) messages, but that's
>  mostly because it's a pain for me to do so.  I'd do it if it were
>  easier, and I appreciate that others go to that effort.

Good points.  Thanks.

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