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Re: processing of "speculative" key ids: MAY -> SHOULD¦MUST



On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, wolfgang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I vote for staying with the current wording. The suggested change

me too.

> To be able to do automatic decryption of incoming mails, the
> mail-server "knows" all secret key ids and their PGP passwords
> (stored in secure memory, of course). It scans the incoming mail

How do you get the passphrases in the secure memory?  I see no way to
do this without manual operator action - and this prevents automatic
restart of machines after power failure etc.  

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