OT: PGP, commercial product vs opensource stuff - viability/usability

[John Esak]

> It works fine for all parties involved.  The only thing I can't
> tell you is
> -which- PGP the remote ends are using, as I was never given that
> information.  Should be able to be either though, in most cases.
>
> mark->

Thanks for the answer (I'm glad it's positive...) but, the gotcha is your
last sentence. What if the other party is using the commercially available
PGP, and it is not compatible?  I need to address this before we make the
plunge. So I guess we'll compile and ask them to do a test.

Thanks,

John