Question about UIDs and valid email addresses

[David Shaw]

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

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 05:52:55PM -0400, Todd wrote:
> Toxik - Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
> > I am using GnuPG 1.2.1 and was wondering how can I add a uid with an email
> > with this structure: <protocol:name@domain.org>
> >
> > I wanted to add my Jabber ID in the same way PGP added my ICQ no. to my
> > key (several years ago) but GnuPG complains it's not a valid email
> > address.
> 
> I would have thought that using the allow-freeform-uid option would let you
> do this, but trying it proves that wrong.  It looks like in g10/keygen.c,
> only the "Real Name" portion of the user id is affected by that option.  The
> email address and comment are still both subjected to some testing.

This is resolved in the new GnuPG 1.2.3 release candidate.

David
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3-cvs (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Key available at http://www.jabberwocky.com/david/keys.asc

iD8DBQE+8bLV4mZch0nhy8kRAuMWAJ9GZT2S/GgoVEoosheT38PS6EIzCgCfSTcU
FCXot8JH23nfA3vfX6OLeMM=
=L79P
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----