On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:24:21 +0100, dirk1980ac via Gnupg-users stated: >Hello Jerry. > >Am Samstag, den 19.01.2019, 07:31 -0500 schrieb Jerry: >> Probably a dumb question, but I thought I would ask regardless. >> >> I created a key pair using my name and email address. I then added a >> new id to the key with the same name but a different email address. >> Now, when I send an email, the second id is the one displayed no >> matter what email address I was using when I sent the message. (I >> hope that this is making sense). > >Yes, I know what you mean. This behavior depends mostly on the MUA you >are using. One UID is marked as primary. Some MUAs only display the >primary UID, some display all and some pick the right one from the >list. > >> Is there any way to switch the position of the ids in the key other >> than deleting the key and creating a new one? Would I be better off >> creating two separate keys? I would rather keep things simple if >> possible. Would creating a sub-key be the way to go? I am sort of >> lost here. > >You can set the other UID as primary. But you would have the same >problem, when you send with the other address. You should test it with >another MUA, what this displays. In my case (evolution), it checks the >UIDs and gives an 'okay' if one of the addresses matches the sender. If >I check for the signature key by clicking the symbol for the signature >details, I see the output of GPG with the primary UID and the other >UIDs as aliases, the same way, as gpg does on the command line. > >Hth, >Dirk
Thanks, that is pretty much what I thought too. I am using claws-mail. -- Jerry
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