Hello! Sorry, I had not read this response yet when I wrote my previous email.
Obviously, here is the answer on how to create a free-form UID for the key. Thank you! ----- Original Message ----- > From: MFPA <[email protected]> > To: Foo Bar on GnuPG-Users <[email protected]> > Cc: Foo Bar <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, 16 August 2013 7:57 AM > Subject: Re: Can I create domain keys? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi > > > On Wednesday 14 August 2013 at 11:56:10 PM, in > <mid:[email protected]>, Foo > Bar wrote: > > > >> I have tried to enter a "wildcard email" when gpg asked >> me for the email address during key generation. I tried >> "example.com", "@example.com" and > "*@example.com", but >> all of them were rejected with 'Not a valid email >> address'. Is there a special syntax I should use? > > gpg --allow-freeform-uid --gen-key > > > >> I think the point you just made is the relevant one: >> Even if I would be able to create a key with a >> "wildcard email" associated with it, would the email >> client plugins, such as Enigmail, be able to deal with >> it? > > As Doug has already said, not by default. Some email clients or > plugins (such as Thunderbird/Enigmail) allow you to define which key > to use when encrypting to a particular email address, others (such as > The Bat!) do not. > > A user who cannot configure their email software in this way could > instead define group lines in their gpg.conf file along the lines of > > group <[email protected]> = <@example.com> > or > group <[email protected]> = <[email protected]> > or > group <[email protected]> = <[email protected]> > or > group <[email protected]> = 0xDECAFBAD > > > - -- > Best regards > > MFPA mailto:[email protected] > > Dreams come true on this side of the Rainbow too! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQCVAwUBUg0yyKipC46tDG5pAQqwPAP+Jy4E3doG2AmCuYcGJVAL9Hh6nrsDeWF3 > Gn+BrVBFoCOIbEqs96jOhee2EGTrKL2QPKqdYQFBDdKb2/QiCzUzxzsHIsYqpp6n > WsD1pRmNovMnJxWrsjvQ4t3jKdaCkDG+CdGjiQskV6UYkmyelM4ACKBoyKGo0tcv > RiRVGXc6LBI= > =pnR1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
