Re: UNTRUSTED signature in GPG

From: Tomas Wolf <tomas(at)skip.cz>
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 01:04:31 EDT

I believe there is another thing, I don't know exactly where, but one needs to "authenticate" or "validate" the user by signing it... I believe that is one of the right-click-options. I hope it make sense...
Tomas

Fernando Shayani wrote:
> Thanks for the help.

>> PGP has many nice features, but some of them are not exactly 
>> "intuitive". To make an user "trusted" you need to make her/his key 
>> trusted.
>>
>> here is how:
>> - open you key manager and select one of the keys.
>> - right-click and select options
>> - I believe that from here it depends on version but search for a 
>> little dragging bar that says "untrusted" and drag it to "trusted"...
>> and that would be it I guess....
>>
>> Tomas
>>
>>
>> Fernando Shayani wrote:
>>
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>
>>> I'm using GPG with Enigmail and WinPT on WinXP Pro.
>>>
>>> Every message that I receive from anyone that is signed, the EnigMail
>>> says that the signature is GOOD, but is UNTRUSTED!
>>> How can I change that?
>>>
>>> When I list my keychain with WinPT, I can see the person's public
>>> signature, but I cannot change the ownertrust because it says that the
>>> key is "non-valid".
>>>
>>> What is that? What can I do?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Fernando
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>> Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32)
>>>
>>> iD8DBQE+rJV1/fWISJQncD4RAh61AJwOgICX1LReK24788ZDsHzILRLvNQCdH4F0
>>> 2880RVQtmej/hoGA2IJ5RYc=
>>> =2oO7
>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>>
>>>
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Received on Wed Apr 30 12:40:47 2003