During encryption, if a disabled key is selected as a recipient, using a user ID substring, GnuPG exists with an error message. Trying another key which also matches the given string would be a much better approach, IMHO. -- Florian Weimer Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE University of Stuttgart http://CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE/people/fw/ RUS-CERT fax +49-711-685-5898