u wrote: >BTW, why don't people put their public keys on key servers like >pgp.mit.edu? The keys would be propagated to other servers anyway; the >ones in pgp.net. I believe that would make our lives a bit easier; one >definition of keyserver in ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf, we could retrieve others' >public keys. why the people dont publish the public keys? hm, i think thats the same reason why some people open mails from unknown senders with an unknown attachment. the word for this is ignorance. but the mail has a true background which is not restricted only to this mailing list. also in the "real" private world, where many friends of me only send the keys by mail -- of course if requested only! not published to key servers :(( cu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]