[Gpg4win-users-en] gpg & multiple email accounts best practice

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Monday 07 July 2014 at 01:37:26, eMyListsDDg wrote:
> attempting to understand a best practice regarding multiple email accounts
> and gpg keys.
>
>
> as i have multiple email accounts i'm trying to figure out encryption key
> vs signing key for multiple accounts. i'm not clear on this via the man
> help file.
>
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> can one key pair have multiple UIDs (diff email accounts)?

Yes,
http://gpg4win.de/doc/en/gpg4win-compendium_21.html

"For OpenPGP certificates, you can use Kleopatra to add additional user IDs to 
your certificate [..] This makes sense if, for example, you wish to use the 
same certificate for another e-mail address."

> or is a key pair needed for each email account?

Best Regards,
Bernhard
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