On Jan 22, 2012, at 1:05 PM, Holger wrote: > Hello gnupg-users, > > I intend to use gpg only for receiving encrypted e-mail, not signing my > outgoing e-mail. Because I don't want my name or e-mail address out there on > the keyservers, I want do create a key without a uid. People who want to send > me e-mail, get my e-mail address and keyID/fingerprint with my business card. > > Will this work or did I miss something?
It won't work. The OpenPGP standard requires at least one user ID on a key. It does not require that it has an email address or even your real name, so you can legally have a user ID of "Anonymous" or similar, but you do need something there. Note that if you are intending to get your key signed by others, most people won't sign a user ID that just reads "Anonymous". David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
