On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:12:54PM -0900, Roger wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 05:53:22PM +0000, Chris G wrote: > > (e)ncrypt - presumably encrypts the message and, when it asks "Enter > > keyID for [email protected]: " one enters the keyID for the *recipient*. > > This had me fooled initially, I guess it's obvious when you think > > about it but not straight away. > > > > (s)ign - presumably 'signs' the message to prove (maybe!) it's from > > me. > > > > (s)ign as - what does this do? > > Sign as or with "another user/key"? > > > (b)oth - presumably encrypts and signs the message > > Yes, both - sign & encrypt. > > > (i)nline - is this just the old-fashioned way of doing it? > To the best of my knowledge as well, sign inline instead of attach. > > From what I understand, attaching is standard nowadays. > > > (c)lear - do nothing? I.e. I hit 'p' by mistake > This I agree is misleading. Took me a month to figure-out this really meant > "exit" and not my mislead interpretation of "clear sign"... although GNUPG > doesn't have this option? > > Most of these option explanations can be found within the GNUPG (gpg) man > page. > Thanks! :-) That's got me most of the way.
-- Chris Green
