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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: newsreaders again
Date: 19 Apr 2015 20:14:49 GMT
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On 2015-04-19, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <190420150946333824%michelle@michelle.org>,
>  Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>> In article <5533dabc$0$34479$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com>, Warren
>> Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > In article <cpi3jsFrsprU3@mid.individual.net>,
>> >  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> > > On 2015-04-19, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>> > > > In article <alpine.OSX.2.20.1504191046440.57809@mako.ath.cx>, David
>> > > > Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >> Having been forged in well north of 100K Usenet posts, I'll continue 
>> > > >> to cryptographically sign my public posts.  My default is to use the 
>> > > >> most compatible format.
>> > > >
>> > > > You do realize that you are not gaining anything by doing that because
>> > > > no one else uses PGP or GPG on these Apple newsgroups.
>> > > 
>> > > He's only screwing things up for everyone else for his own amusement.
>> > 
>> > I don't see how it's "screwing things up for everyone else." Your Mac 
>> > groups aren't speshul. There are lots of groups where lots of people 
>> > sign their messages. If your newsreader can't handle it, tough shit.
>> 
>> Oh, my newsreader can handle it; I just don't see the need for it.  I'm
>> sure that if you wanted to, you could configure your setup to sign
>> messages only in those newsgroups where other people also sign theirs.
>
> That's not what the point of it is.

The point is it's useless for everyone whose name is not David Ritz.

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