sending public key from within mutt

[Ingo Klöcker]

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On Wednesday 17 October 2001 10:51, Gerhard Kugler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> if I am sending my public key, mutt offers:
>
> 7 +  1024/0x6C5F526A DSA  -s Gerhard Kugler <G.W.Kugler@t-online.de>
> 8 +  1024/0x2832BB54 ElG  e- Gerhard Kugler <G.W.Kugler@t-online.de>
>
> The "-s" seems to say, that it is for signing, but why should another
> person use it for signing his mails with my public key? You see: I
> don't understand it.

It's needed by others to check your signatures.

Regards,
Ingo
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