Hi Max,
I haven't used "gpg --recv-key" for a couple of Cygwin DLL versions, but when I tried recently, it failed in a rather odd way:
$ gpg --recv-key 0xc0f2c580
(error snipped)
I tried to reproduce your problem, but I couldn't.
$ uname -r 1.5.16(0.128/4/2)
$ gpg --recv-key 0xc0f2c580 gpg: requesting key C0F2C580 from hkp server wwwkeys.de.pgp.net gpg: key C0F2C580: "Max Bowsher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" not changed gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: unchanged: 1
I'm on Windows XP home SP2.
Volker
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