identifying the key that signed the message

[Ingo Klöcker]

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On Tuesday 14 May 2002 14:03, David T-G wrote:
> Hi, all --
>
> Given a mail message, is there a way to identify the key that signed
> it without firing up gpg?

Yes. Have a look at RFC 2440 section 5.2. There the signature packet 
format is described.

Regards,
Ingo

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