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Re: PGP reveals the key ID of the recipient of encrypted msg

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Richardson)
Wed Mar 13 05:02:48 1996

From: matthew@itconsult.co.uk (Matthew Richardson)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:12:10 GMT
In-Reply-To: <v02140b06ad6bb73beb5c@[165.254.158.237]>

On Wed, 13 Mar 1996 00:28:48 -0500, "Robert A. Rosenberg"
<hal9001@panix.com> wrote:

>There is also the problem of knowing WHICH key to use (ie: Even when you
>know the message is intended for you, you must do a test run with each of
>your keys until one works).

I believe that provided all your keys are in your secret keyring, PGP
will automatically pick the correct one for you.

Best wishes,
Matthew

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