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<p>That is very true. I have a friend whose first name is M'Lou and
she's had all kinds of issues when systems freak out over her
first name. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/21/2020 6:48 AM, Mark H. Wood via
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 03:27:28PM -0700, Mark wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Did a bit more experimenting with it. You can have something only in
the first name field but it has to be a minimum of 5 characters and the
first one must be a letter. ..
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*sigh*
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/">https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/</a>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On 5/20/2020 3:16 PM, Mark wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">It must be... With all the talk of "anonymous" keys I wanted to see if I
could create one with Kleopatra, especially since it says optional for
name.
On 5/20/2020 12:27 AM, Andrew Gallagher wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On 20 May 2020, at 06:32, Mark <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:azbigdogs@gmx.com"><azbigdogs@gmx.com></a> wrote:
Just to test this out I tried creating a new key in Kleopatra with no
name and then with just a single name and it would not let me do it. It
had to have a first and at least a last initial.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">This must be a Kleopatra limitation. I have successfully created IDs consisting of a single word using the gpg command line.
Such a limitation would be user-hostile, as there are people in some cultures who have only one name, the Indonesian dictator Suharto being one famous example.
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