Re: Is this a typo in Gnus info?

[Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>]

* [2006.12.12 08:51 +0100] Franz Häuslschmid wrote:
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Leo writes:
>
>> Software version : 5.11 in Emacs 22/23.
>>
>> ,----[ (info "(message)Security") ]
>> |    To be able to send encrypted mail, a personal certificate is not
>> | required.  Message (MML) need a certificate for the person to whom you
>> | wish to communicate with though.  You're asked for this when you type
>> | `C-c C-m c s'.
>> `----
>>
>> 'Is required' or 'is not required'? From the context, the former seems
>> correct.
>
> In my view: is not required.  For sending encrypted mail you
> really need just the public key of the receiver. 

Understood. Thanks.

> However, the receiver will not be able to verify, whether the sender
> is the person he claims to be.  For this, the sender needs to
> encrypt 

Should s/encrypt/sign/, right?

> the message with his private key, the receiver then is able to
> verify the origin of the message using the sender's public key
> (which the receiver must trust).
>
> I hope this made it somehow clear,
> Franz

It helped. Thanks, Franz.

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