From bb32a1a2ff3973b773ce2f1a6de9ee1fd5c4a118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:17:45 +0200 Subject: Fix: typos --- email2-v2-draft.md | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/email2-v2-draft.md b/email2-v2-draft.md index e4f2c68..01e58d3 100644 --- a/email2-v2-draft.md +++ b/email2-v2-draft.md @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ valuable and would like a new system to retain them. little money. * Standardised: there are many implementations and they're mostly - interoperable. + inter-operable. * Supports off-line use. Not everyone can, or wants to, be online all the time. @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Problems with the existing email system * Attachments fill disks. Email is commonly used to share files, because it's easy and ubiquitous, even if it's not very good at it. There are services that make this better, but they are mostly - proprietary, and require extra effort, are no ubiquituous, and people + proprietary, and require extra effort, are no ubiquitous, and people mostly don't use them routinely. * There is no good support for group discussions. Massive dumps of @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Problems with the existing email system not be great for having discussions among large groups of people. They're better at sending out announcements and newsletters. - - Email threads work, technically, but tend to result in suprisingly + - Email threads work, technically, but tend to result in surprisingly little communication happening, in the general case. People mix topics in threads, split the same topic in new threads, and generally don't use threads as intended. This is not the fault of @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ The spam problem can be stated as follows: The scam problem can be stated as follows: > Anyone can send email that looks like it comes from someone else, at -> least sufficiently well that an unobservant reciepient is fooled. This +> least sufficiently well that an unobservant recipient is fooled. This > can be used to con the recipient to click a link in the email that > leads to a fake web shop, for example, or a site that attacks the > recipient with malware. @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Overview of solution * Every email user has one or more identities, represented by cryptographic keys. -* All email is digitally signed using the cryptograhpic keys. +* All email is digitally signed using the cryptographic keys. * No email is delivered unless it carries a digital stamp issued by the recipient, or someone authorized to issue one on behalf of the @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ however, allows more features: * digital stamps may be indefinitely usable, or single-use: you might give someone new a stamp they can use only once, and if you don't give - them another, longer-lived stamp, you won't get furhter email from + them another, longer-lived stamp, you won't get further email from them - for example, I might order a mug from an online shop and give them @@ -285,11 +285,11 @@ As an extra twist, digital stamps may also be an authorization to someone else to issue stamps on your behalf. Rather than the stamp allowing them to send you an email, it lets them create a stamp that lets a third party send you an email. Your email software can put any -and all the constrints it puts on stamps you issue directly on the +and all the constraints it puts on stamps you issue directly on the delegation. For example, if you and Alfred have a mutual friend, Bruce, you can give -Bruce a stamp that authorizeds Bruce to issue single-use stamps to other +Bruce a stamp that authorizes Bruce to issue single-use stamps to other identities. If Bruce thinks you and Alfred should know each other, he can issue Alfred a stamp that lets Alfred send you a single email. If you like Alfred, you can issue him further stamps. @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ costly enough that it makes large-scale spamming infeasible. (See Email servers could also sell stamps for real money. Even at trivial costs, such as one US cent, this would be too costly for spammers. -I emphasize that the recipient decides what stamps are valid. Their mail +I emphasise that the recipient decides what stamps are valid. Their mail server does not have to issue stamps to anyone who asks, if the recipient doesn't want email from strangers. -- cgit v1.2.1