1996-08-30 - Re: PGP & Default

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 80bd3b02aa047a72825163b1186e296b0fd15ef44a58f397452a24c6b6706d24
Message ID: <199608301446.KAA04448@jekyll.piermont.com>
Reply To: <199608300152.DAA18622@basement.replay.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-08-30 17:53:31 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 01:53:31 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 01:53:31 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP & Default
In-Reply-To: <199608300152.DAA18622@basement.replay.com>
Message-ID: <199608301446.KAA04448@jekyll.piermont.com>
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Anonymous writes:
>    I created a nym with a public key.  Now, it's become the default so
> when I go to send an encrypted message, I get prompted to enter the
> password for my nym key.
>    So, for the $64,000 question: How I can get my *original* public key (the 
> one with my
> "real" email address) to again be the default.

I presume you are using PGP.

There is a configuration file option to do what you want.

Perry





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