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 Certificate to your address book:
In order to automatically add someone's Certificate to your address book:
- Select Options from Tools menu
- SelectSecurity
- 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