> You do "gpg --import XXXXXXXX" (i.e. the key ID).
>
> GPG will then - if possible - contact a keyserver and ask for the key with
> this ID.
Doesn't it simply suffice to add the line
keyserver wwwkeys.de.pgp.net
to ~/.gnupg/options to make gpg fetch any unknown keys automatically?
Works fine here at least...
regards,
Volker
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