On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hiya,
On 02/06/15 14:44, Joe Abley wrote:
> Note that this is not an attempt to start a conversation about
> whether PGP is usable, or whether S/MIME is better. I will fall off
> my chair in surprise if it doesn't turn into one, though.
We have a list for such discussion [1] if folks feel the need.
And I know PHB has an interesting idea to try to merge the two
in terms of message formats. I'm not sure that's feasible but
discuss on [1] if you feel the need. And please don't have that
discussion here unless there's a reason for it to be here and
not there:-)
Actually merge the two as far as the user is aware.
Obviously, the more components are shared, the easier things become for implementations. But adding message formats is not the hard part. I'll probably have something for endymail next week.
The bigger issue for me is 'mailing list'. I can easily write a protocol for an end to end secure collaborative forum as a Web Service but there is no way that I expect to do anything useful with legacy SMTP infrastructure as the transport.
SMTP sucks as a mailing list protocol.
What we need is a return to something that is a bit more like NNTP which began life as an attempt to make mailing list interactions more efficient.