To send an encrypted mail, the recipient must have a digital id. That
person must then make their public key public (i.e. send you a copy,
post it on their web site, etc.). You use that key to encrypt messages
for them. They use their private key to decrypt them.

As for the digital id that you have, it is not used to send encrypted
mails. It is used to receive them. You want your public key available
to anyone. That is used so that they can send encrypted mail to you.
The key is also used if you want to digitally sign a message (Not
related to a message signature). People can then use your public key to
verify that the message was sent by you.



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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Ralf" wrote in message
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Hi Michael,

Thanks for the info below. I've since downloaded and installed a
Verisign 60-day trial certificate within Outlook Express 6 via the
Tools/Accounts/Security menu. Now when I try sending an encrypted
email I get the following message:

"Outlook was unable to locate the digital IDs for the following
recipients".

If I try to digitally sign the message only I receive the following
message:

"The message could not be sent, an error has occurred"

How do I get my public key to the recipient ... if this email gets
intercepted the key will land in the wrong hands, not so?

I'm doing something wrong, please help.

Regards,
Ralf





"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
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OE6 has built-in support for S/MIME.

How to Digitally Sign and Encrypt Messages in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=168726

To fully handle signing and encrypting messages, the other person
would need Outlook Express or another S/MIME compatible mail program
and both of you need each other's public key.

Digital IDs for Secure E-mail
http://www.verisign.com/products/class1/index.html
http://www.thawte.com/email
http://www.ascertia.com/OnlineCA/ema...aspx?linkID=40



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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Ralf" wrote in message
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Hi there,

Can anyone please advise which software I can use to encrypt
outgoing OE6 emails.

Many thanks.

Ralf