Re: Help Encrypt/Decrypt eMail
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 46609
interpreted = N
texte = Maybe this was answered earlier, but does the Director need to have this card number stored locally? If not, you might think about using the default method for handling these things: an email would go to the Director notifying him/her of the transaction with a link to that specific transaction back to the site in a [protect]ed area so that they must authenticate in order to see the details of the invoice (card number).GK > I'm sure there are far more elegant ways to work the problem, but remember > who we're working with here (ie, me :). I've always been a believer in the > KISS principle and try to avoid reinventing the wheel whenever possible. In > this case, I have a client that can accept credit cards but doesn't do > enough business to afford the bank fees involved with electronic transfers. > > I have their Country Store set up so that the customer gets an invoice with > a number to call to give his credit card information. I have their > membership only section set up so they can pay their dues or make donations > via credit card, but the card info is hashed using a lookup table, then > emailed to the Executive Director who has a copy of the lookup table. Rube > Goldburg, I'll admit, but it works. The PCS Decrypt would automate the > receiving end, automatically decoding the credit card number for the > Executive Director. (He complains about decoding manually. Go figure.) > > As to scripting into pgp or gnupgp, I have NO experience with pgp and this > sounds too much like a violation of the KISS principle. :) > > -Lurch > > On 1/2/03 1:01 PM, Bob Minor
wrote: > > > I think there a just better ways of sending and receiving files that > > the other solutions are just better. Scripting into pgp or gnupgp is > > also more secure and much more compatible. > > > > On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 11:36 AM, Joe R. Richardson wrote: > > > >> I'd still like to know whatever happened to PCS Decrypt (the Eudora > >> plug-in), but this solves one of my problems. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Maybe this was answered earlier, but does the Director need to have this card number stored locally? If not, you might think about using the default method for handling these things: an email would go to the Director notifying him/her of the transaction with a link to that specific transaction back to the site in a [protect]ed area so that they must authenticate in order to see the details of the invoice (card number).GK > I'm sure there are far more elegant ways to work the problem, but remember > who we're working with here (ie, me :). I've always been a believer in the > KISS principle and try to avoid reinventing the wheel whenever possible. In > this case, I have a client that can accept credit cards but doesn't do > enough business to afford the bank fees involved with electronic transfers. > > I have their Country Store set up so that the customer gets an invoice with > a number to call to give his credit card information. I have their > membership only section set up so they can pay their dues or make donations > via credit card, but the card info is hashed using a lookup table, then > emailed to the Executive Director who has a copy of the lookup table. Rube > Goldburg, I'll admit, but it works. The PCS Decrypt would automate the > receiving end, automatically decoding the credit card number for the > Executive Director. (He complains about decoding manually. Go figure.) > > As to scripting into pgp or gnupgp, I have NO experience with pgp and this > sounds too much like a violation of the KISS principle. :) > > -Lurch > > On 1/2/03 1:01 PM, Bob Minor wrote: > > > I think there a just better ways of sending and receiving files that > > the other solutions are just better. Scripting into pgp or gnupgp is > > also more secure and much more compatible. > > > > On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 11:36 AM, Joe R. Richardson wrote: > > > >> I'd still like to know whatever happened to PCS Decrypt (the Eudora > >> plug-in), but this solves one of my problems. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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