Jon Moore wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the reply!
> 
> I just checked on my Windows workstation, and do not seem to have a
> problem with this.  I have a key with "unknown" in the Key validity
> field under Key Properties.   I was able to select that key when
> sending encrypted email.  However, even after locally signing (hope
> that's the right way of saying it) the public key, it's still not
> available to select on my Debian workstation.

Compare the contents of gpg.conf on both. Perhaps trust-model always or
always-trust is included on the Windows machine.

After signing a key, update gpg's trustdb by running 'gpg --check-trustdb'

> Could this be some configuration I've changed along the way?
> 
> If everything was the way it should, would I only be able to select
> keys for encryption once I've set the validity on the public key I'm
> holding?  That seems to be what the documentation is saying and what
> you're saying, but not what's happening on my Windows PC.

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