user id question

john doe johndoe65534 at mail.com
Fri Mar 8 20:24:10 CET 2019


On 3/8/2019 9:15 AM, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:09, johndoe65534 at mail.com said:
>
>> What I understand is that there is no clear convention.
>

'Consensus' and not 'convention'! :)

> Meanwhile I would suggest to only use the mail address, that is
>
>   john at example.org
>
> and leave out all other parts.  There are even mail providers which
> demand this for data privacy reasons.  However if you prefer to have
> your mail in it, do it in the same was as it is common in your
> country/culture like
>
>   John Doe <john at example.org>
>
> If you plan to take part in that nerdy key signing game, some
> participants have the policy to check the real name agains a passport;
> obviously you would need the latter form then.
>
> I used to include my real name in my keys but for my new ed25519 key I
> use only the mail addresses (I use 3 different mail addresses in my
> keys).
>

Thank you Werner for your answer.
If the former is acceptable to you, I might as well do that.

Looks like your are not keen on key signing party, may I ask why?

--
John Doe



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