Hi, LeRoy. What is the reason for your recommendation along those lines? I am not understanding what it would accomplish to facilitate his purpose, which is simply to sign his messages. Thanks.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:enigmail-users- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of LeRoy > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 10:11 AM > To: Enigmail user discussion list > Subject: Re: [Enigmail] question on signing > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/18/2013 08:59 AM, Alessandro Basili wrote: > > On 18/01/2013 14:41, Andreas Hirsch wrote: > > > > > Thanks a lot! Now that is clear that i can send signed messages I'd > > like to know why I cannot send the signed message to [email protected] (my > > alter-ego) of whom I do not have any key. > > > > A window titled 'OpenPGP Key Selection' opens before sending, which > says: > > > > 'Recipients not valid, not trusted or not found' > > > > Why should I care about the recipient if I simply want to sign my > email? > > > > > > Why don't you edit your key and add a user ID like: > > gpg --edit-key 0x7388FD80 > adduid > > At the same time you might want to add a couple of sub keys (1 for > signing and 1 for encrypting) that have a preset expiration date. > > _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
