To send an encrypted and/or digitally signed message

Before you can digitally sign a message, you must obtain a digital ID and add it to your mail account. Before you can encrypt a message, you must have the message recipient's digital ID in your address book.

1. Start a new message by either clicking the Send Mail button in the Address Book toolbar, or clicking the Compose Message button on the Outlook Express toolbar.

2. Select message recipients from your address book, and then compose your message.

3. In the New Message window, click the Encrypt message button on the toolbar to encrypt the message.

   To add your digital signature to the message, click the Digitally sign message button on the toolbar.

Note

• You can also automatically encrypt and/or digitally sign all outgoing messages.

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