Two questions

[David Shaw]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 10:54:23AM -0700, Joseph Oreste Bruni wrote:

> 1. In your gpg.conf, you can specify a "digest-algo SHA256" which
> will set your default signature algorithm. The preferences in your
> key are used by others to determine which algorithms to use when
> sending messages to you. Not the other way around.

See the warnings on "digest-algo" in the manual.  In short, don't use
it.

David