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Re: user-visible goals

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Subject: Re: user-visible goals
From: Paul Crowley <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04 Feb 2004 00:04:15 +0000
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"ipeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ipeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Users want to know that the person sending mail to them is who they
> purport to be (let's not debate the difficulties, let's just accept
> that as fact).

If we're not debating the difficulties, let me at least rephrase:

- Users want to know that the person they're exchanging mail with is who
they think it is.

There's a big difference.
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