Fwd: default user and recipient

[Herb Burnswell]

Sorry.  I found the default-recipient parameter in the ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
file.  However, when I set:

default-recipient-self

I receive:

No such user ID.

I have not uploaded my newly created key information to a keyserver,  Is
that a requirement?

TIA,

Herb

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Herb Burnswell <herbert.burnswell at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:50 PM
Subject: default user and recipient
To: gnupg-users at gnupg.org


All,

I am new to pgp and would like to understand the minimum flags that I
should be using for my encryption/decryption needs.  I just want to encrypt
files for decryption by one other person.  We have exchanged public keys.

I have read in several places that I can run:

gpg -e filename

However I receive:

You did not specify a user ID. (you may use "-r")

Current recipients:

Enter the user ID.  End with an empty line:

Questions:

1. Can I set default behavior to not have to specify a user ID?
2. What other flags should be used per best practices?

Any guidance is greatly appreciated,

Herb
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