key question

[MFPA]

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Hi David


On Sunday 7 March 2010 at 5:53:51 PM, you wrote:


> On Mar 7, 2010, at 11:46 AM, MFPA wrote:

>> (And yes, I know gpg now
>> allows you to omit the email address without having to use --expert,
>> but you are still asked for it.)

> There is no 'now' here.  This is not new behavior in GPG, and the
> expert flag never had anything to do with it (indeed, the behavior
> predates the existence of the --expert flag).  When GPG asks you for
> an email address, just hit return.  GPG doesn't care one way or the other.


Sorry, I was mistaken.

When I tested this in an earlier version, I was unable to proceed
without entering an email address. Having gone back and re-tested, I
am only able to replicate the behaviour if the string I enter for
"Real name" contains the "@" character. This also holds true for
1.4.10. The --expert flag was/is not the difference, it's the presence of "@"
in the "Real name" field.


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