On Feb 28, 2010, at 12:54 AM, MFPA wrote: > On Saturday 27 February 2010 at 11:19:43 PM, you wrote: > > > >> GnuPG doesn't, at least as of 1.4.10, force you to include an e-mail >> address in your user ID. It merely requests an e-mail address, and you >> can just press enter and ignore the request. > > In my opinion that's a step forward. > > I'm convinced 1.4.9 would only do that in "expert" mode.
No, email addresses have been optional in GnuPG for as long back as I can recall. It's certainly been true since version 1.0.6, back in 2001. I don't recall the exact details for PGP on this point, but certainly the latest version allows you to skip the email address. It'll ask you if you really want to make a key without an email address, but once you click "yes", you're free to do what you want. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
