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 Message 501 
 Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins 
 Re: not encrypted, only signed 
 10 Jan 20 09:18:32 
 
TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
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Hi August,

On 2020-01-10 05:39:12, you wrote to me:

 WvV>>>> Below is my reply to your message. It's not encrypted
 WvV>>>> only signed (but not clearsigned). Anyone with gpg can
 WvV>>>> decode it and view it's contents. If they have my public
 WvV>>>> key they can verify it was me who wrote it. Why you would
 WvV>>>> want to do it this way, I don't know. I can't think of a
 WvV>>>> use-case for it...

 AA> I will believe that when I get an -s signed message from someone for
 AA> whom I do not have a key.  Maybe mark will oblige, as I do not have his
 AA> key.

I tested it on another user account on my linux machine that hasn't got yours
or mine keys installed in it's gpg configuration. I get:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# gpg > EXTERNUTIL 1 /home/fido/bin/fido_gpg.sh @file -sa ;sign

 AA> Stupid question.  Why would you just sign a message without the -e for
 AA> encryption?

I was thinking the same thing. ;-)

Let's try it out on this reply.

Bye, Wilfred.

gpg: Signature made Thu Jan  9 21:58:24 2020 CET using RSA key ID 4A97932B
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
#
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You could try the same thing on windows. ;)

Btw: This is a good example when it's usefull to run gpg without options! ;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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