using --keyserver but still getting gpg: no keyserver known (use option --keyserver)

[Lee]

On 9/18/17, Patrick Schleizer <patrick-mailinglists at whonix.org> wrote:
> gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371 --search-keys my at e-mail.com
>
> gpg --keyserver=hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371 --search-keys my at e-mail.com
>
> gpg: no keyserver known (use option --keyserver)
> gpg: keyserver search failed: No keyserver available
>
> What am I doing wrong?

Try it without the port number
$ gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu --search-keys torbrowser at torproject.org
gpg: searching for "torbrowser at torproject.org" from hkp server pgp.mit.edu
(1)     Tor Browser Developers (unknown) <torbrowser at torproject.org>
          4096 bit RSA key 0x669ECC703A7C585A, created: 2017-08-18,
expires: 2020-08-24
(2)     Tor Browser Developers <torbrowser at torproject.org>
          4096 bit RSA key 0xB9294788BE63AEFC, created: 2017-08-18,
expires: 2017-08-25 (expired)
(3)     Tor Browser Developers (signing key) <torbrowser at torproject.org>
          4096 bit RSA key 0x4E2C6E8793298290, created: 2014-12-15,
expires: 2020-08-24
Keys 1-3 of 3 for "torbrowser at torproject.org".  Enter number(s),
N)ext, or Q)uit > q