Proof of email ownership

[David Srbecky]

Hello,

I just installed GnuPG to Thunderbird, created a key pair and uploaded 
it to a keyserver. I have expected to receive some mail designed to 
verify that I really own the email address (similar to the one that just 
received to subscribe to this list), but I did not receive any.

How can people know that I own the address if GnuPG did not check it?


My next idea was that GnuPG is multipurpose cryptographic software and 
I need to get some special signature verifying that I own specific mail. 
I was looking for a way to accomplish that, but I have not found any.

Are there any servers/bots that can verify that I own mail and then sign 
my key to certify that?


Regards,
David Srbecky