Question about UIDs and valid email addresses

[David Picon Alvarez]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

> Are notation names the same as user ids?  I didn't think so, but I don't
> really know much about notations, so perhaps I'm even more confused that I
> think I am.


No. Notations are pieces of data that go with a signature. For the time
being they're not widely used for anything much. You can put data on them,
so potentially you could specify something weird such as the fact that you
were drunk when signing or whatever :-)

HTH,
- --David.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Comment: This message is digitally signed and can be verified for authenticity.
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=8HXq
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----