On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 11:13:45AM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote:
> >This applies to encrypting email content (S/MIME, PGP, ...), but not to
> >use of TLS, which leaves the delivered email in the clear.
>
> According to the sendmail docs:
> "privacy/confidentiality: the transmission of an e-mail between a client
> and server utilizing STARTTLS can not be read and retranslated into
> plaintext provided a sufficiently secure ciphersuite has been negotiated."
>
This is silly. Note the word *transmission*. Email supervision does not
require clear-text transmission, because it is done against stored data,
not eavesdropped network packets. Over and out.
--
Viktor.
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