How can I configure Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 for digital signatures and encryption?
After a user has the certificates required for digital signatures and encryption installed, enabling them in Outlook is relatively simple. To do so, perform these steps: 1. Open Outlook and Select Options from the Tools menu. 2. Select the Security tab and click Settings. 3. If you’re prompted to “Get a Digital ID,” you don’t have certificates. Otherwise, the dialog box will show “My S/MIME Settings ()” as the Security Settings Name, and S/MIME as the Cryptography Format, as the figure at http://www.windowsitpro.com/articles/images/outlookencryptionsettings.gif shows. 4. Click OK. When an Outlook user sends email, the client displays two buttons that enable digital signing and encryption of messages, as the figure at http://www.windowsitpro.com/articles/images/outlook2003signandencrypt.gif shows. When a user receives a digitally signed message, the user will see a padlock and ribbon icon above the message body. You can view the signature validation by clicking the ribbon icon, as the f
