Re: user id question

2019-03-10 Thread Werner Koch
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:51, 2017-r3sgs86x8e-lists-gro...@riseup.net said: > Is "nerdy" good or bad in this context? That is really up to you. Often it is fun to be a nerd. To the OP: I have done keysigning for about 25 years but meanwhile I don't think that the Web of Trust is a good idea to

Re: user id question

2019-03-10 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Friday 8 March 2019 at 8:15:43 AM, in , Werner Koch wrote:- > If you plan to take part in that nerdy key signing > game Is "nerdy" good or bad in this context? - -- Best regards MFPA

Re: user id question

2019-03-08 Thread john doe
On 3/8/2019 9:15 AM, Werner Koch wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:09, johndoe65...@mail.com said: > >> What I understand is that there is no clear convention. > 'Consensus' and not 'convention'! :) > Meanwhile I would suggest to only use the mail address, that is > > j...@example.org > > and

Re: user id question

2019-03-08 Thread Werner Koch
On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:09, johndoe65...@mail.com said: > What I understand is that there is no clear convention. Meanwhile I would suggest to only use the mail address, that is j...@example.org and leave out all other parts. There are even mail providers which demand this for data privacy

Re: user id question

2019-02-24 Thread john doe
On 2/23/2019 4:34 PM, MFPA wrote: > Hi > > > On Saturday 23 February 2019 at 7:06:20 AM, in > , john doe wrote:- > > >> Is it acceptable to have multiple 'user ID's with the >> same address e-mail? > > Yes. It might be simpler to have a single UID containing only the > email address and with

Re: user id question

2019-02-23 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Saturday 23 February 2019 at 7:06:20 AM, in , john doe wrote:- > Is it acceptable to have multiple 'user ID's with the > same address e-mail? Yes. It might be simpler to have a single UID containing only the email address and with neither

Re: user id question

2019-02-23 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Is it acceptable to have multiple 'user ID's with the same address e-mail? There's nothing forbidding it. Whether it's a good idea depends on your own particular use case. I'd recommend thinking long and hard before doing this, as it's possible you'll confuse some badly-written workflows

user id question

2019-02-23 Thread john doe
Hi, I'm in the process of creating a gpg key, I have one question though: Some time I use the name x and sometime I use a shorter form of that name but the e-mail address is the same. EG: first-name last-name short-name Is it acceptable to have multiple 'user ID's with the same address