27 Feb 16 15:12, you wrote to me:   
      
    PH> On 02/26/16, mark lewis pondered and said...   
      
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    PH> Also decoded ok but it says sig is invalid as no public cert avail to   
    PH> verify.. but it did decode ok   
      
   yeah... i'm not sure bout that... it is either something to do with pulling   
   the key from a key server or that mess like web site certificates where they   
   need to be signed by some trusted party... that's where signing others' keys   
   comes into play but you want to only sign those you /know/ come from the   
   individual... the more signatures that you trust that are on a key raises the   
   trust in that key... it is like you meeting me on the street and we don't know   
   each other at all but if you have five friends vouch for me, your level of   
   trust in me increases... if i have five friends who vouch for you, my level of   
   trust in you increases... this trusting also increases for our friends as they   
   now have another positive link to us and each other...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
      
   ... Exercise your right to arm and keep bears!   
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