PGP problems

Brian Morrison pmmail@rpglink.com
Thu, 03 Aug 2000 16:33:52 +0100


On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 11:39:32 -0300, Trevor Smith wrote:

>On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 07:10:58 +0100 (BST), Brian Morrison wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 18:28:45 -0300, Trevor Smith wrote:
>>
>>>You have to understand that this difference in function is because
>>>the OS/2 stuff is pieced together by volunteers (William Geiger) and
>>>Southsoft/BSW.
>>
>>That's the first time I've heard that, WHG is responsible for earlier
>>scripts to interface with MR/2 ICE, but someone else seems to have done
>>some now, I saw it on Warpcast or Hobbes within the last week or so.
>
>I meant to say, WHG did the PGP port to OS/2, Southsoft/BSW just
>handled allowing PMMail/2 to call WHG's pgp.exe and pgpk.exe.
>
>Since there is no OS/2 equivalent to the PGP SDK for Windows, similar
>features in OS/2 would have to have been written from scratch by
>Southsoft or BSW.

Right, I see what you mean. I really wish there was some way of seeing
what commands PMMail/2 sends to PGP, but I think it was done at a time
when Southsoft were being ultra-cautious about the PGP export thing.
Now of course it is moot.

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