Re: My apparently elusive public key. :) (was re: Remote X . . )

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: Michael Powell <http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak902>
 > Date: Mon  Oct 28,  6:01pm
 >
 > 
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 > 
 > On Oct. 28, http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert wrote:
 > 
 > > > WARNING: Can't find the right public key-- can't check signature 
 > > > integrity.
 > 
 > >Hi.  Where exactly do you keep your public key?  It doesn't seem to be 
 > >on the MIT public key server...
 > >
 > >Thanks.
 > 
 > That seems strange.  It's an older key (created in early 1995), but it still 
 > shows up on the keyserver.  Are you searching by a piece of my username, 
 > by my name, or by the key ID #?  The problem may be that this email 
 > address isn't on the key.  This isn't my primary email address.
 > 
 > Thanks for the info.  Perhaps I need to update my keyserver entry.
 > 
 > MDP
 > 
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 > iQCVAwUBMnUsTzwDZOa1llYpAQGISAQAqcGiDHJ1qbpTqqs6nRX5sGrVYaEkwfja
 > KPLnE0sUrEyXnj5vaF8dkJnagRgctmTI4l75aSxLV9Hrya0AotEwBJloiu2LiNzq
 > aQzlXEbTPMXLDVii7yuGLY5qMJa/SSeffnQLhMuhULZPJkL+dJxp6YLCxP/EvppL
 > StcLa7RCmWw=
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I did:

http://pgp.ai.mit.edu/htbin/pks-extract-key.pl?op=get&http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~search=ak902

This is done in an automated fashion.  Should I instead search on your KeyID?

I don't know how I could automate that, though.  Do you know?