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I apologize if this is a hopelessly stupid question, but I don't
really understand the relative merits of using PGP for email
authentication & encryption versus using Microsoft's implementation
of s/mime and digital signatures.  I run a small windows network and
would like to begin offering my users some way to authenticate (and
if necessary encrypt) their email.  Since we use Outlook pretty
uniformly and Exchange Server, it would seem logical to use the built
in capabilites these products have to provide security.  Is there a
reason not to do this and use a third party product ala PGP instead? 
I assume the answer has at least partly something to do with the MS
tendency to avoid cross-platform compatibility by not implementing
stuff completely in accord with standards (like they've done with
ipsec), but I'd be interested in hearing from the experts.
Thanks
Fred

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