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[John Clizbe]

Johannes Bauer wrote:
> Roy Smith schrieb:
> 
>> Unfortunately once you've uploaded your public key to a keyserver
>> there is no way you can delete it.
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      ^^^ Commit to memory ^^^

> Why do even expired keys hang around the keyservers? Some of mine 
> expired three years ago and are still there.

Please reread the Roy's response.  Expired keys are still on the keyservers for
the same reason any other key is still on the keyservers: because they are not
deleted. Keys are _never_ deleted. Ever.

This is by design.

You do not wish a key to be used any longer - revoke it.
Lost the passphrase or private key and didn't generate a revocation certificate
beforehand? Then I guess the world just has one more orphan key to add to the
collection.


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John P. Clizbe                      Inet:John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
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