Digitally sign and encrypt all messages – HTC S621 User Manual

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Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 53

Digitally sign and encrypt all messages

ActiveSync allows you to set up S/MIME e-mail encryption and signing. You

will have to obtain a valid certificate for signing or encrypting e-mail before

you will be able to sign or encrypt mail successfully.

1.

On the Home screen, click Start > ActiveSync.

2.

Click Menu > Options.

3.

Select the E-mail information type, and click Settings. On the E-mail

Sync screen, click Menu > Advanced.

4.

Do one or both of the following:

To sign all your outgoing e-mail messages so that recipients can

be certain that the messages were sent by you and have not been

altered in any way, select Sign messages.

To encrypt all your outgoing e-mail messages so that the contents

of your messages are protected from being viewed by anyone

other then the intended recipients, select Encrypt messages.

5.

Click Menu > Choose Certifi cate to select a certifi cate for signing or

encrypting outgoing e-mail messages.

You

can select certifi cates to sign or encrypt e-mail messages

individually if you do not choose to sign or encrypt all outgoing

e-mails. For information about signing and encrypting individual

messages, see “Individually sign and encrypt a message” in Chapter 6.

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