Hi Anders, On 16.02.17 18:36, Anders Bateva wrote: > Hello I used /"gpg2 --full-gen-key/", and a key pair was generated in > less than 10 minutes.
That's quite long and an indication of missing entropy. > But, after generating, I used "/gpg2 -k/" and > discovered there are 5 keys for my e-mail address on my computer. > Appears some of the earlier tentatives of creating the key pair really > created a key pair. Those are set to expire on 2021 or 2022. The one I > created right now is set to expire on 2018. Having an expiry date is not a bad idea. I once was glad that an unusable, but uploaded key had an expiry date set. If it is near, then you can easily extend the expiry period. Enigmail will tell you when the expiry is near. You then can decide what to do. > Now, what should I do, in order to start using the key pair on my > Thunderbird client, "/gpg2 --send-keys/"? > And how to "cancel" the previous key pairs, "/--delete-keys/", > "/--gen-revoke/"? As Doug said: If they were never used and are not uploaded or sent anywhere, just delete them. The next thing to do is to tell Enigmail to use the last generated key. You should open the settings of the account you want to use with encryption. Then select "OpenPGP security". The checkbox "Enable OpenPGP support" should be selected. Next, use the "Use specific OpenPGP key ID" should be selected. Click on the "Select key..." button. A key listing should open. Select the key you want to use. If you have further questions, please ask! Ludwig
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