Help needed with Certificates (Digital IDs)

[Guest]

Hi all

I am running MS Outlook 2003 and am trying to sign an email which I
want to send.

I have created my own self-certificate using the programme "EldoS PKI
Tools V1.1.26". I have then gone to Outlook's Tools>Options>Security
and Imported the "Digital ID (Certificates)" which I had earlier
created.I have also set up a "Default Setting" called 'Kirk Cert'. All
looks well here.

The problem I then get is when I create an email and the press the
'Send' button I get an error dialogue saying:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Invalid Certificate"
Microsoft Office Outlook could not sign or encrypt this message
because you have no certificates which can be used to send from the
e-mail address <my email address is inserted at this point>. You can
do either of the following:

Get a new Digital ID to use with this account. On the Tools menu,
click Options, click the Security tab, and then click Get a Digital
ID.

Use the Accounts button to send the message using an account that you
have certificates for.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I had hoped that I could use my own self generated certificate as I do
not require Root CA authentication from a third party, e.g. VeriSign.

Is there something I am doing wrong here

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What do you have set under Tools->Options->Security->Encrypted email?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
(e-mail address removed) asked:

| Hi all
|
| I am running MS Outlook 2003 and am trying to sign an email which I
| want to send.
|
| I have created my own self-certificate using the programme "EldoS PKI
| Tools V1.1.26". I have then gone to Outlook's Tools>Options>Security
| and Imported the "Digital ID (Certificates)" which I had earlier
| created.I have also set up a "Default Setting" called 'Kirk Cert'. All
| looks well here.
|
| The problem I then get is when I create an email and the press the
| 'Send' button I get an error dialogue saying:
|
| +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
| "Invalid Certificate"
| Microsoft Office Outlook could not sign or encrypt this message
| because you have no certificates which can be used to send from the
| e-mail address <my email address is inserted at this point>. You can
| do either of the following:
|
| Get a new Digital ID to use with this account. On the Tools menu,
| click Options, click the Security tab, and then click Get a Digital
| ID.
|
| Use the Accounts button to send the message using an account that you
| have certificates for.
| +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
| I had hoped that I could use my own self generated certificate as I do
| not require Root CA authentication from a third party, e.g. VeriSign.
|
| Is there something I am doing wrong here
|
| Any help would be very much appreciated.
|
| Many thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi

Many thanks for your reply. I have, after many hours of trying, been
able to get Outlook 2003 to finally recognise my certificate. I had to
re-create the certificate with the same email address in the
certificate as is in the email account in Outlook.

However this leads to another problem which has got me stumped:

I have multiple email accounts set up in Outlook 2003. All are dial-up
access to different ISPs, and I am not using MS Exchange.
The certificate I have set up (Cert A) works fine with the email
account (Email A) but when I use a second Certificate (Cert B) and try
to use that with an email created using Email account (Email B) it
reports with an "Invalid Certificate" window saying that it can't find
a certificate that matches the email account's email address that I am
trying to send from. (Note that I have set up Cert B with Email B's
address).

What do I need to do to get this to work.

Many thanks

What do you have set under Tools->Options->Security->Encrypted email?

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
(e-mail address removed) asked:

| Hi all
|
| I am running MS Outlook 2003 and am trying to sign an email which I
| want to send.
|
| I have created my own self-certificate using the programme "EldoS PKI
| Tools V1.1.26". I have then gone to Outlook's Tools>Options>Security
| and Imported the "Digital ID (Certificates)" which I had earlier
| created.I have also set up a "Default Setting" called 'Kirk Cert'. All
| looks well here.
|
| The problem I then get is when I create an email and the press the
| 'Send' button I get an error dialogue saying:
|
| +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
| "Invalid Certificate"
| Microsoft Office Outlook could not sign or encrypt this message
| because you have no certificates which can be used to send from the
| e-mail address <my email address is inserted at this point>. You can
| do either of the following:
|
| Get a new Digital ID to use with this account. On the Tools menu,
| click Options, click the Security tab, and then click Get a Digital
| ID.
|
| Use the Accounts button to send the message using an account that you
| have certificates for.
| +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
| I had hoped that I could use my own self generated certificate as I do
| not require Root CA authentication from a third party, e.g. VeriSign.
|
| Is there something I am doing wrong here
|
| Any help would be very much appreciated.
|
| Many thanks