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 Message 564 
 August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen 
 wrapped in sha512 
 19 Jun 20 00:31:00 
 
MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5eebdd14
REPLY: 2:280/464 5eeb9f00
PID: JamNNTPd/OS2 1.3 20200606
TID: GE/2 1.2
CHRS: CP437 2
TZUTC: 0300
On 6/18/2020 1:05 PM, between "Wilfred van Velzen : August Abolins":

aa>> This one should be wrapped with sha512.

wvv> It says so, but it doesn't make a difference, it still verifies ok:

wvv> gpg --verify aa.msg
wvv> gpg: Signature made do 18 jun 2020 18:21:21 CEST using RSA key ID 5789589B
wvv> gpg: Good signature from "August Abolins " [unknown]


Yes.. good to know that it doesn't matter, for the most of us.  The docs
seemed to indicate that it could fail on older installations though.  But I
like the sound of pushing the bar to sha512 if it is available - and leave it
that way as default.

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