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   Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins   
   Re: scrap key for ID 5789589B   
   05 Jan 20 13:03:31   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5e11d0db   
   REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5e112e08   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2020-01-05 02:30:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA> Apparently, I haven't fully explored its full configuration options.   
    AA> There are so many. I saw a setting on my other pc where I could   
    AA> "assign" other identities to the existing ones.  Maybe that is the   
    AA> answer.   
      
   Probably!   
      
    AA> Next to being able to sign messages in echomail/newsgroups, fully   
    AA> encrypted messages only make sense in email - direct to a specific   
    AA> individual.   
      
   Or routed netmail!   
      
    WvV>> But are those older keys still usable? I have two keys from   
    WvV>> 1993, I no longer remember the passwords for. :-( But they   
    WvV>> aren't on the keyservers afaik, so nobody will be tempted   
    WvV>> to use them. ;)   
      
    AA> That's the beauty of pulling down the keys and checking their   
    AA> properties.  The properties will reveal creation dates, expiry dates,   
    AA> revocations,etc.  It would be relatively easy to just pick the most   
    AA> recent date, and send a brief hello message with a CC: and see which   
    AA> ones reach their target.   
      
   If there are multiple keys to choose from...   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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