pgp

[Steve Marvin]

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 14:51:58 -0800, james wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:35:43 -0500, Bill McCarthy wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 11:41:38 -0800, james wrote:
>>
>>>Anobody have a method to add a pgp public to my keyring when sent as a
>>>.asc file?
>>
>>Set up an email to yourself with the subject of your choice.  Include
>>(ALT-I) the .asc file.  When you receive the email, the PGP key will be
>>in the attachment area.  Clicking it will add it to your ring.
>>
>>Bill
>
>I originally received the file as an attached .asc file. clicking on it didn't work. Nor did
tools,add to keyring. I
>got a no key found message when I tried that. I have tried renaming the file to public key.pgp,
and mailing to
>myself, but this does not work either.
>
>I guess this is a request for key management in the next version of pmmail....
>

This is because it was an "attachment", if you follow bill's instructions and
"include" the file - it will be in the message text area before sending.
When you receive it, you will then be able to add it to your keyring.