Help understanding gnupg needed!

Stef Caunter stef at caunter.ca
Tue Apr 18 01:17:21 CEST 2006


get over it, publishing your email results in spam; I don't think that this 
suprises anyone anymore - deal with it in your own way and move on. The rage 
against spam has resulted in excellent filtering software, but the 
energy on both sides amounts to equilibrium.

Stef
http://caunter.ca/contact.html

>> Is it true that if i publish it there
>> my email address (which comes in the user id) may
>> become a target for spammers?
>
> Yes, a far as I know. Anyway, damage done, you can't delete the key
> AFAIK. I hear that Thunderbird's spam filters are very good, so you
> shouldn't have too much trouble.
>
>> Is it possible to show an existing webmail address in the user id
>> which is not the email address i am going to use with encryption
>> feature?
>
> This could be awkward for your email partners. For example, my mail
> program automatically looks for the key based on the email address.



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