[Enigmail] help with how to use enigmail correctly

[John Clizbe]

Tom Hwy101 wrote:
> Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>> Ringo Kamens wrote:
>>   
>>> No, but if somebody wants to send you an encrypted email then they will
>>> need your public key. Upload your key to pgp.mit.edu and then link to
>>> your key in your signature. Also, if you upload your key to the
>>> keyservers, then people can automatically download it from within their
>>> mail client.
>>
>> Friends don't let friends use pgp.mit.edu.  It's a horribly broken
>> keyserver and should not be used.
>>
>> pool.sks-keyservers.net is an all-around better choice.

Light-years better technology wise

> So, we should remove pgp.mit.edu from any Key Server Lists?  Just 
> Checking if that is the Consensus

No, it's a fair alternative (4th choice for me) for finding older keys

Some folks still use it as the place to upload their keys. I wouldn't, and I
said that before I ran my own keyserver.

-- 
John P. Clizbe                      Inet:John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
You can't spell fiasco without SCO. hkp://keyserver.gingerbear.net  or
     mailto:pgp-public-keys at gingerbear.net?subject=HELP

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