Andrew Berg wrote:
> 1. Why is it using RIPEMD160, when my preference is SHA256?

Ummm,

a) A 160 bit hash is required by whatever it is you are doing and RIPEMD160
   has a higher preference than SHA-1 under your present preference list

and/or

b) You have not explicitly enabled DSA2 hash generation with 'enable-dsa2'


> 2. How do I make the key ID "Andrew Berg" mean my newer key for this
> address instead of my older one ([EMAIL PROTECTED])?

GnuPG will use the first key that matches the key ID supplied as it, presently
(subject to change) sequentially reads the keyring files.

If you have multiple keys that match a given search term, ie "Andrew Berg", then
the easiest way to avoid ambiguity is to refer to the keys via the short
hexadecimal key ID, eg 0xdecafbad.

There is a place on the 'OpenPGP Security' tab within Account Settings in
Thunderbird, to tell Enigmail to use a specific key ID rather than matching a
key via email address.

You also may wish to specify the new key as the default-key along with various
other helpful settings in gpg.conf.

-- 
John P. Clizbe                      Inet:   John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
You can't spell fiasco without SCO. PGP/GPG KeyID: 0x608D2A10/0x18BB373A
"what's the key to success?"        / "two words: good decisions."
"what's the key to good decisions?" /  "one word: experience."
"how do i get experience?"          / "two words: bad decisions."

"Just how do the residents of Haiku, Hawai'i hold conversations?"

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