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gpg2 --gen-key does not accept valid email address
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gpg2 --gen-key does not accept =@abcd.de (abcd.de is an example) as email address:
"""
Email address: =@abcd.de
Not a valid email address
"""
However, =@abcd.de it is a perfectly valid email address. Therefore it should be
accepted.

Details

Version
gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.0.26

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jgjl set Version to gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.0.26.
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I noticed your address elsewhere and wondered whether my script can handle it.
They do. However, gpg has not a complete parser but tries to make sure that the
user id looks like a valid address.

Use --allow-freeform-uid and enter what ever you like.

Ok, thanks for the feedback.

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