On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, John Levine wrote:
Dear John,
That situation is unchanged from today. With the exception that
plaintext email could have been encrypted email. It's not a downgrade.
Um, that's pretty much the definition of a cryptographic downgrade.
I do not understand how the process of a plaintext email that goes
through this document's advise, and leaves as either still plaintext
or encrypted, could be construed as a "cryptographic downgrade".
Thanks for confirming this security problem,
A comment like this is not only unneccessary, it is abusive and
misleading. I am requesting you to stop these personal attacks on me.
Paul