PGP keysigning e-mail address verification generator

mails.sh

#!/bin/sh

# reads e-mail addresses (one per row) from `mails.txt` and writes
# e-mail bodies into files inside the `mails` directory, putting the
# e-mail address in the filename, with a `.txt` extension -- these
# can be changed below

# author: András Veres-Szentkirályi <[email protected]>
# source code is licensed under MIT, textual content under CC-BY-SA

INPUT=mails.txt
OUTDIR=mails
mkdir -p $OUTDIR

while read i; do
cat >$OUTDIR/$i.txt <<-MAIL
	Hi,
	I'm dnet (András Veres-Szentkirályi) and we both participated in a
	keysigning party in the last few months. To sign your UID, I need
	to be sure that you control the e-mail address in the UID and the
	secret key you signed it with. To prove this, please reply to this
	e-mail in a way that it contains this original text, along with
	the request identifier string below. Please encrypt the reply with
	my public key (278F 163F ABB0 EFE4 1289  BAA0 7559 181E 9417 6CCC).

	Signing it with your key is optional, since you already proved you
	possess the private key by decrypting this e-mail.

	Request ID: $(uuidgen)

	Upon successful verification, I will sign your UID(s), and if you
	allowed/requested it, I will upload the signature to the keyserver.

	If you have any questions or would like me to perform a similar,
	verification, feel free to include these in your reply.
	--  
	Regards,
	dnet (András Veres-Szentkirályi)
MAIL
done < $INPUT