In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
says...
> 
> Some certs are limited in their use to be only for signing, not encryption.
> Other certs are limited to be used only for encryption, not signing.
> And others may be used for both.
> 
> There's no need to store other people's signature-only certs in moz's DB,
> since there will be a copy of the relevant signing certs attached to any
> signed email.  The only certs that need to be stored are encryption certs.
> 

Some S/MIME clients (Outlook express for example) have an option to omit 
the signing certificate from a signed email, presumably to reduce 
message size. 

Steve.
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