On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 05:00:42AM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > David Shaw wrote: > > The point of the list is to indicate the algorithm that the user > > prefers, in the order that the user prefers. > > Right, but where is this preference actually used? personal-*-prefs > seems to rule the roost.
The preferences on the keys are used by people encrypting a message *to* those keys. It indicates that algorithms the keyholders prefer. The personal-*-prefs are used by the sender. It indicates which algorithms within the above list the sender is willing to use. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
