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   August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen   
   wrapped in sha512   
   19 Jun 20 00:31:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5eebdd14   
   REPLY: 2:280/464 5eeb9f00   
   PID: JamNNTPd/OS2 1.3 20200606   
   TID: GE/2 1.2   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: 0300   
   On 6/18/2020 1:05 PM, between "Wilfred van Velzen : August Abolins":   
      
   aa>> This one should be wrapped with sha512.   
      
   wvv> It says so, but it doesn't make a difference, it still verifies ok:   
      
   wvv> gpg --verify aa.msg   
   wvv> gpg: Signature made do 18 jun 2020 18:21:21 CEST using RSA key ID 5789589B   
   wvv> gpg: Good signature from "August Abolins " [unknown]   
      
      
   Yes.. good to know that it doesn't matter, for the most of us.  The docs   
   seemed to indicate that it could fail on older installations though.  But I   
   like the sound of pushing the bar to sha512 if it is available - and leave it   
   that way as default.   
      
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