[Gllug] encryption problems solved

Sean Burlington sean at uncertainty.org.uk
Sun May 5 13:38:52 UTC 2002


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On Sunday 05 May 2002 1:57 pm, Mark Preston wrote:
> Hi All,
> Thanks to Chris Ball and Sean Burlington. It was indeed a carriage return
> problem. Now all I have to do is program the work computer to leave the
> emails on the server when collecting messages, so it doesn't happen again.
>
> I have now successfully decrypted the message. FWIW it says:-
>
> "Your message was not encrypted or signed.  All it contained was a mime
> copy of your PGP public key.
>
> This one coming back encrypted and signed :-)
> Mike Bostock"
>
> I have sorted out the signing and encrypting so everything works using
> Kmail as far as I know.

cool :-)

but...

Message was signed by unknown key ID 356223C7 

if you upload your key to a public keyserver then people can automatically 
download your key - even if they haven't met you

this is only one step in building a web of trust but it can be a handy one.

- -- 

Sean
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