Authenticating email

Philip R. Mann pmmail@rpglink.com
Wed, 03 May 2000 00:26:09 -0400 (EDT)


Recently there was a thread on authenticating email.  Perhaps the
solution lies with ISPs rather than PMMail.

On Tue, 2 May 2000 15:11:36 -0500, FCWHeadlines@bdcimail.com wrote:

>************************************************************
>Postmarking e-mail
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>As electronic messaging continues to gain popularity over hand-
>written correspondence, the U.S. Postal Service hopes to maintain
>its tradition of providing secure delivery of information through
>its Electronic Postmark.
>http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0501/news-postal-05-01-00.asp

On Tue, 2 May 2000 20:01:00 -0400, fedamerica@emailpubs.com wrote:

>ELECTRONIC POSTMARK FEATURE RELEASED
>The U.S. Postal Service recently released a feature called
>Electronic Postmark, which can be attached to e-mails in
>order to detect whether they have been tampered with in
>transit.  If a file or document has been tampered with,
>the postmark helps identify the individual responsible
>and the time frame.  Electronic Postmark is a feature
>that can be offered by Internet service providers.








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