Microsoft Outlook Express 5.X

Personal Digital ID Installation Instructions

Introduction
You can use a GeoTrust My Credential certificate to send and receive secure e-mail messages over the Internet with Outlook Express. Outlook Express supports the Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Messaging Extensions (S/MIME) protocol; the GeoTrust My Credential certificate conforms to this standard allowing you to use this for encrypted e-mail.

Obtain a GeoTrust My Credential certificate for use with Outlook Express
In order to send and receive secure messages in Outlook Express you must have a digital certificate. To obtain a certificate, please use the information below.

Get a GeoTrust My Credential certificate:
Obtain your certificate here: http://www.geotrust.com/smime/

Enrollment Process:

1. Complete enrollment and verification process.

2. Go to your custom certificate pick-up page to obtain your new certificate.

3. Click on 'INSTALL' button.

Note: In order to complete the certificate installation process, you must complete both the enrollment process and certificate pickup process using the same browser.

Configuring Outlook Express to use your certificate (Figure 1)
After your certificate has been installed the following tasks must be completed to enable Outlook Express for secure e-mail.

1. Go to 'Tools' > 'Accounts'

2. Click on the 'Mail' tab, select your current settings then click on 'Properties'

3. Click on the 'Security' tab (Figure 1)

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4. Locate the box labeled 'Certificate' under 'Signing Certificate', if empty, click on 'Select' to choose your GeoTrust certificate.

5. Repeat the same procedure under the section 'Encryption Preferences'.

6. 'Algorithm' should be set to 3DES.

7. Select 'OK' when done.

Sending signed and encrypted messages

1. Create a new message

2. Select 'Tools' > 'Digitally Sign or Encrypt' (Figure 2)

These options may also be made available in your toolbar for easy access.

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Signing and/or Encrypting messages automatically

1. Select 'Tools' > 'Options' > 'Security'

2. Locate the 'Secure Email' section

3. To automatically digitally sign each message place a check mark in the box labeled: 'Digitally sign all outgoing messages'

4. To automatically encrypt each message place a check mark in the box labeled: 'Encrypt contents and attachments to all out going messages'

Placing a check mark in both boxes will automatically digitally sign and encrypt each message.