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Skriven 2014-12-27 18:02:04 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
   Kommentar till text 7805 av Kees van Eeten (2:280/5003.4)
Ärende: ENC user flag
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Greetings Kees!

 KvE> Hello Roy!

 KvE> 24 Dec 14 17:27, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 MvdV>>> http://ftsc.org/docs/fts-5001.005

 RW>> Thanks, but that doesn't answer the question of; why isn't the flag
 RW>> implemented in an all zones nodelist? If it's good for the goose,
 RW>> why not the gander?

 KvE>  My recollection that the flag is not used by many, is the fact that
 KvE>  Fidonet does not have the status of Common Carrier and the sysops
 KvE> can
 KvE>  be held responsible for what passes, or is found on their systems.

That would explain the use of the flag in Z2. That subject matter was
fought many years ago and doesn't apply in Z1. This perhaps explains the
'why' of the flag's non-usage in Z1.

 KvE>  As laws are not the same everywhere, there are regions where your
 KvE> defence can be, that you are passing the messages in good faith and
 KvE> you can not know what is in the messages, when they are encrypted.

I don't usually know what the content of mail passing through here is, nor
do I care to.


    Have a day!

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