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Re: [users] PGP keys [OT]



also sprach Timothy Ball (on Thu, 05 Jul 2001 09:52:22AM -0400):
> I would like to generate a new keypair and revoke the old key I had, (I
> no longer have an account w/ that system and the subkey that's on it
> also to an account I no longer have access too) but I would still like
> to beable to decrypt old email w/ my old key...
> 
> Anyone know the steps I need to do this? I've tried reading the gpg manual
> and it wasn't immediately clear how I should do this.

why don't you create a new UID (i.e. name <-> email combination) and
revoke just the old UID?

play around with gpg --edit-key

martin;              (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
  \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck
-- 
tempt not a desperate man.
                                                -- william shakespeare

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