using --keyserver but still getting gpg: no keyserver known (use option --keyserver)

[Fabian A. Santiago]

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September 18, 2017 11:43 AM, "Patrick Schleizer" <patrick-mailinglists at whonix.org> wrote:

> gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371 --search-keys my at e-mail.com
>
> gpg --keyserver=hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371 --search-keys my at e-mail.com
>
> gpg: no keyserver known (use option --keyserver)
> gpg: keyserver search failed: No keyserver available
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
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remove the hkp prefix from your server address:

someserver.com instead of hkp://...:...

and no equal sign either after keyserver.

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Thanks,

Fabian S.

OpenPGP: 3C3FA072ACCB7AC5DB0F723455502B0EEB9070FC
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