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What's the subtype that's for encrypting emails? Last I looked, there's a subtype for encryption, with no specificity for what medium.

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Not for email specifically, but there is a flag for encrypted communications and another for signing.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4880#section-5.2.3....

I believe separate keys for encryption and signing is the default in most implementations.

Sure, but there are things for encryption other than email. Publishing an encryption key does not imply that emails sent to me should be encrypted to that key.

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