GnuPG & PGP Compatibility

[Neil Williams]

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On Monday 29 March 2004 10:46, Rusty Howell wrote:
> I'm still a newbie at this, so please forgive me if this has already been
> answered many times in the past.  I have just started  using GnuPG (for

It's OK to ask but read the docs first?

> things and was wondering if we encrypt a file using GnuPG and it stores it
> with a .gpg extension, will our recepient be able to decrypt it using PGP
> version 5+?

It's all on the FAQ already:

http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/faqs.html#q1.2

http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/faqs.html#q5.1

> I'm not sure what version they're using since they're an outside entity,
> but I am hoping that WinPT will do the trick.  At first, I investigated
> using GnuPG from the command-line, but for an end-user that option didn't
> seem to be very user-friendly.

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