Re: Why donʼt gnu.org and RMS sign mail?

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >>> Testing new mail server.
   >>
   >> This email is not legitimate---it did not originate from rms.  The headers
   >> indicate it comes from the same host that attempted to imitate bill-auger
   >> on gnu-linux-libre list.
   >>
   >> I'll forward to the appropriate people.  This is a significant problem.
   >
   > This made me extremely curious: why does neither gnu.org sign mail
   > server-side with DKIM, nor RMS sign his own with GPG?  Is there any idea
   > behind it?

   We're discussing this now with rms and the FSF.

   As far as why things are the way they are today, I can't answer that.

It dates back to a different time of ITS and PDP-10s ..... Just like
when gnu.org didn't require passwords to login.