I am using Windows E-mail for my e-mails. However, when I want to reply to a
link to an e-mail address (eg. help@whatever), it reverts (?) to Outlook
e-mail and won't let me send message. It says I need a certificate to sent a
message from Outlook e-mail. How do I get it to stop doing that? What is a
certificate for Outlook 2007 and do I have to pay for this certificate? Thank
you

gypsylady wrote:

I am using Windows E-mail for my e-mails.

There is no such product. There is Outlook - the topic of THIS
newsgroup. There is Windows Mail which is the e-mail client included in
Windows Vista. But there is no product named "Windows E-Mail".

However, when I want to reply to a link to an e-mail address (eg.
help@whatever), it reverts (?) to Outlook e-mail and won't let me
send message.

Do you actually have Outlook installed?
Did you configure it as the default e-mail client?
- As the configurable option within Outlook?
- And as the default e-mail client under Internet Options - Programs?

It says I need a certificate to sent a message from Outlook e-mail.

Did you configure Outlook to always add a digital signature to your
outbound e-mails?

How do I get it to stop doing that?

Don't digitally sign your e-mails. That requires an e-mail certificate
and you don't have one (they are free from Thawte).

What is a certificate for Outlook 2007 and do I have to pay for this
certificate?

Not sure why you care if your real question is how to NOT use Outlook
for mailto: links and instead use Windows Mail (or whatever it was you
meant by "Windows E-mail").

You can get free e-mail certs from Thawte (www.thawte.com, freemail
cert). They got bought by Verisign who charges for security certs but
the Thawte division still gets to issue freemail certs. However, that
cert only has your e-mail address as the only validation of who sent an
e-mail in the digital signature. It doesn't actually identify YOU. It
can be used in digital signatures and also to encrypt e-mails. For
encryption, the one that wants to GET encrypted e-mails must digitally
sign their e-mail to give out their public key to someone ELSE that can
then use it to encrypt their e-mail that they send to you so you can use
your private key (that only you have) to decrypt it.

What is your default mail client under Internet Options-Programs?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
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After furious head scratching, gypsylady asked:

| I am using Windows E-mail for my e-mails. However, when I want to
| reply to a link to an e-mail address (eg. help@whatever), it reverts
| (?) to Outlook e-mail and won't let me send message. It says I need
| a certificate to sent a message from Outlook e-mail. How do I get
| it to stop doing that? What is a certificate for Outlook 2007 and do
| I have to pay for this certificate? Thank you