On 25/01/17 14:51, Felix Van der Jeugt wrote: > Dear all, > > Recently, keybase.io stopped their email forwarding service. Now, my > noc...@keybase.io uid can no longer receive email. I'd normally revoke > the uid, but my account, keybase.io/noctua, can still receive messages > through the website. > > I'm in a dilemma now: should I revoke the uid because the email address > is invalid? It's nice to have a reference to the account in my key, > though.
If the ID still "belongs" to you (in some meaningful sense) then there's no need to revoke it just because it is unusable for the purposes of email. It is merely a convention that IDs correspond to email addresses. If your keybase account still exists, has a 1-to-1 mapping with that ID, and is still under your control, then IMO it's legitimate to keep the ID - particularly if it is used as a reference point for other things. The presence of an ID on a public key makes no claim as to whether the ID is usable for a particular purpose. True, people might try to email you on that ID, but the worst that will happen is they get a bounce (and you have other, usable IDs on the same pubkey I assume). Andrew.
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