Secure E-Mail Certificate support
Installing and Using your Secure Email Certificate with Outlook Express 5 & 6 (PC)
Assigning your Certificate to your email account:
Open Outlook Express
Select Tools from menu
Select Accounts from drop down menu
In dialog box that appears select Mail then select your relevant email account
Click Properties
Click the Security tab
Click Select Signing Cert. From the popup Certificate store box locate and select your Secure Email Certificate.
Click Select Encryption Cert. From the popup Certificate store box locate and select your Secure Email Certificate.
Click OK to return to Outlook Express
Signing an Email:
Signing an email ensures the recipient knows the email has come from you and informs him / her if it has been tampered with since being signed.
Compose your email and attach files as usual
Click Sign button
Click Send button
The recipient of your email must have a copy of your Certificate in order to verify your signed email is legitimate. The easiest way of ensuring this is to automatically attach your Certificate to every outgoing email:
Select Options from Tools menu
Select Security
Click Advanced button
Check (place a tick in) Include my Digital ID when sending signed messages
Encrypting an Email:
Encrypting an email ensures that only the recipient may view the email content and any attachments. Note: in order to encrypt an email for the recipient you must have the recipient's digital certificate, and their digital certificate must be assigned to the relevant entry in your address book
Compose your email and attach files as usual
Ensure the recipient has a Digital Certificate and you have assigned the Certificate to their entry in your OE address book
Click Encrypt button
Click Send button
Adding someone else's Certificate to your address book:
In order to automatically add someone's Certificate to your address book:
Select Options from Tools menu
Selct Security
Click Advanced button
Check (place a tick in) Add Senders Certificates to my address book
All incoming signed emails will add the Sender's Certificate to your address book.
Assigning your Certificate to your email account:
Open Outlook Express
Select Tools from menu
Select Accounts from drop down menu
In dialog box that appears select Mail then select your relevant email account
Click Properties
Click the Security tab
Click Select Signing Cert. From the popup Certificate store box locate and select your Secure Email Certificate.
Click Select Encryption Cert. From the popup Certificate store box locate and select your Secure Email Certificate.
Click OK to return to Outlook Express
Signing an Email:
Signing an email ensures the recipient knows the email has come from you and informs him / her if it has been tampered with since being signed.
Compose your email and attach files as usual
Click Sign button
Click Send button
The recipient of your email must have a copy of your Certificate in order to verify your signed email is legitimate. The easiest way of ensuring this is to automatically attach your Certificate to every outgoing email:
Select Options from Tools menu
Select Security
Click Advanced button
Check (place a tick in) Include my Digital ID when sending signed messages
Encrypting an Email:
Encrypting an email ensures that only the recipient may view the email content and any attachments. Note: in order to encrypt an email for the recipient you must have the recipient's digital certificate, and their digital certificate must be assigned to the relevant entry in your address book
Compose your email and attach files as usual
Ensure the recipient has a Digital Certificate and you have assigned the Certificate to their entry in your OE address book
Click Encrypt button
Click Send button
Adding someone else's Certificate to your address book:
In order to automatically add someone's Certificate to your address book:
Select Options from Tools menu
Selct Security
Click Advanced button
Check (place a tick in) Add Senders Certificates to my address book
All incoming signed emails will add the Sender's Certificate to your address book.
Use your Microsoft Outlook / Microsoft Outlook Express to:
Keep your email confidential
Make sure the recipient knows the email is really from you and not someone masquerading as you
Ensure your email is not tampered with en route to the recipient
The Secure Email Certificate allows you to use the "digitally sign" and "encrypt" features in your Microsoft Outlook / Microsoft Outlook Express
Keep your email confidential
Make sure the recipient knows the email is really from you and not someone masquerading as you
Ensure your email is not tampered with en route to the recipient
The Secure Email Certificate allows you to use the "digitally sign" and "encrypt" features in your Microsoft Outlook / Microsoft Outlook Express
