Group E-Mail
Digital Signatures
The Bulk Mail Distribution Service (BMDS), which is the distribution agent for the Official Group E-mail System, uses digitally signed e-mail messages for official communication. The digital signature allows recipients to verify that the message they are reading is not a forgery, but rather a message sent via official channels.
In order for you to verify the signature, you must have a copy of PGP installed on your computer, you must have a mail program that is capable of verifying digital signatures (several mail programs have plug-ins for this) and you must have the signer's public key on your PGP keyring.
Below is the public key for BMDS, which is also signed by the institutional signing key:
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