Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> writes: > however if you know that the message comes from a trusted source, > you might give it preferential treatment. for instance, you might > allow it to be delivered immediately. if you aren't sure about > the message source, you might refuse to accept the message for > some period of time - a few hours or a few days. Unfortunately, one of the best uses of email is to contact people outside your circle. I got a couple of mail messages today from people I haven't heard from in a while and who I would not have had in my whitelist. I think the main good certification can do is to stop some of the idiocy mail forging viruses have started. -- Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com -- "Ask not what your country can force other people to do for you..."