Peter Jaques writes:
> slightly off-topic, but where do y'all send your gpg public keys so that
> others can find them? a lot of the messages on this list include keys not
> available from pgpkeys.mit.edu...
Including your own!
The keyservers are synchronised. Whichever server you submit your key
to, the others should pick it up shortly.
> also does anyone know of a server on the west coast that actually works?
Use "host -l pgp.net | grep www" to figure out a keyserver.
I found that I cannot rely on one single keyserver alone, so I have list
of about half a dozen in .gnupg/options and comment/comment the resp.
lines whenever necessary.