Re: The introduction problem and signatures, was Thinking outside the box

> But, if I tell you (and only you) my "public" key, and you sign/encrypt your 
> message to me with MY public key, then I can be fairly sure that the signed 
> messages I receive aren't spam.

Right, which is why we all use S/MIME signatures and accept only signed 
mail from people whose keys we have.  Oh, wait.

Since S/MIME has been around for 15 years, and is implemented in most MUAs 
including the one you use, why don't we do that?  What would have to 
change so we do?

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