On Sep 22, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote:

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:09:00AM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
I'd be content with something that says "List algorithms in the order in
which you'd like to see them used.

There's the problem right there.  "Used" when?  When sending?
apparently not.  When others send to me? apparently so.  Somehow the
two cases (I send; I receive) should be disentangled.

Good point.  How about:

List algorithms in the order in which you'd like to see them used by someone else when encrypting a message to you. If you don't include 3DES, GPG will add it automatically at the end. Note that there are many factors that go into choosing an algorithm (for example, you may not be the only recipient), and so the remote OpenPGP application being used to send to you may or may not follow your exact chosen order for a given message. However, it will only ever choose an algorithm that is on the list of every recipient key. See also the INTEROPERABILITY section.

David

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