[Nanzikambe]

As a member of the encrypt-everything clique I have to say, though Moxie has a point, Gnupg is infinitely better than alternative of nothing at all. Until someone comes up with a solution that preserves its power and flexibility and marries it with a functional UX -- I shall keep using it

[StavrosK]

I kinda like the solution of embedding public keys in email addresses:

name+8znBcmtXJ2ZeSn7fWVCGfpQI9HnJH1pNBPK397SGrT8=@gmail.com

Sure, you'll never actually tell someone this, but it's short enough to copy/paste.

[sarciszewski]

With modern ECC this is actually feasible.

[wampus]

I like the idea, but you'd be amazed at how many databases only allow 30 character email addresses, or javascript email validators that don't recognize "+" as a legal character.

[rakoo]

Someone has started building this:

https://github.com/diafygi/emailpk

[rys]

I've always wondered if there was a way to transmit the public key in the SMTP envelope, to make it easier to share keys.