Multiple Email address for private key

[Kunal Shah]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:41 PM, David Koppenhofer <david at coffeefish.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Kunal Shah <kunalvshah+gnupg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I want to know if it is possible to have multiple email addresses in
>> single public/private key so that I have to use only one private key
>> to sign outgoing messages and I have to distribute only one public key
>> to get encrypted message for my 4 different email accounts.
>
> Hi Kunal,
>
> Yes, you can have multiple email addresses associated with a keypair.
> They're called "uid's".  The methods to add a new uid vary with the
> GUI you use, but on the command line, you can do:
> gpg --edit-key <keyid>
>
> Then at the "Command>" prompt, type adduid.  You'll then be prompted
> for the Real Name, email address, comment, as when you first generated
> your key.  Don't forget to 'save' your changes.
>
> HTH,
> David

Thanks, could make it work. Actually I was using GPA and while doing
edit key, it did not give me many options.

Then I tried using WinPT and found the commands you mentioned. Also
tried with command line.

Issue solved. thanks for your help :-)

-Kunal Shah

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