wierd error message

Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. linux@pavri.net
Wed Jul 31 11:33:01 2002


I am using mutt 1.4 w/ gnupg 1.07. I have mutt and gnupg setup to
automatically retrieve keys. I am getting the following error for this
particular key :


gpg: Signature made Tue 30 Jul 2002 06:16:57 PM IST using RSA key ID
ED9547ED
gpg: requesting key ED9547ED from HKP keyserver pgp.mit.edu
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3a skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 5f skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3a skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3c skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 60 skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 60 skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 27 skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 27 skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3c skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3c skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3c skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3c skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 60 skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 60 skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 27 skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 27 skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3c skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3c skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3c skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2d skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3a skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 3a skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2e skipped
gpg: invalid radix64 character 2e skipped
gpg: packet(7) with unknown version 90
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: read_block: read error: invalid packet
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found

[-- End of PGP output --]

Previously I would get a Bad Signature for this key, so I deleted the key
from my pubring and re-retrieved the key with the following result.

regards,

Sharukh.
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Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri		Homeopath and Linux Enthusiast.
Mumbai, India.			http://www.pavri.net/