g wrote: > David wrote: > >> Top post here on purpose. Hey g. Would you, could you, do me, and >> others, a favor? Please? >> >> Either do as you are supposed to do when using GnuPG to sign your emails >> > > there are no hard set 'rules' stating that one *has* to *publish* their > *public keys*. > > While there are no "hard set rules" on this, please have a look at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines#Do_not_use_a_PGP_Style_Signature_that_is_not_published. In the event this URL get mangled it reads: Do not use a PGP Style Signature that is not published. Use of PGP or GnuPG signing is encouraged. However, if the corresponding key is not published on a public keyserver, then the message will cause all MUA's that are PGP aware to hang while they try all known keyservers. This can take a long time and is not respectful of other people's time. So, it is in this mailing list's guidelines. It is your choice to ignore the guidelines and it equally the choice, dare I say "right", of others to become upset when guidelines are ignored. Since you seem to be using Thunderbird as your email client you may want to consider using the Enigmail addon to assist you in following the guidelines. It will allow you to pick when signatures are attached and, assuming you wish to abide by the guidelines, you can omit the signature when sending to this list with your aversion to placing your public key on a keyserver. All that being said.... I don't experience the delays noted above since I do use Enigmail but I don't have the "automatic" download of public keys enabled. People could do the same so as not to be annoyed by your practice...but that seems a bit drastic to ask/expect others to alter their ways to eliminate an avoidable annoyance that is expressly pointed out in the guidelines.
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